Memorial sculpture for slain blogger Avijit at TSC
A memorial named “statue of free thinking” is going to be built in Teacher-Student Centre area on the Dhaka University (DU) campus to uphold the memory of slain blogger and writer Avijit Roy.
DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday inaugurated the construction of the statue at “Avijit Chhattar” near the main entrance of Suhrawardy Udyan where Avijit was hacked to death and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya was critically injured on February 26 night.
The VC said, “The sculpture will symbolises right to expression and represents the people with secular views.”
Sculptor Rasha will build the statue which will be unveiled on February 28, 2017. Prof Ajoy Roy, father of Avijit, was present.
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