‘Don’t write against us if you want to stay’
A group of BCL activists based in Dhaka University's Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall allegedly made a resident student of the hall leave the dormitory as the latter made a Facebook post about the recent fuel price hike.
Kazi Sakib Miah, a senior-year student of philosophy, alleged that on August 6, he made a satiric post on a Facebook group and his profile about the recent fuel price hike.
After a while, he was called back to his hall over the phone from the central library by Abu Hasan Roni, a student of world religion and culture.
When Sakib returned, Hasan and Mohiur Rahman Shanto, both students of Persian language and literature, asked him about the post and told him to delete it from the group he posted it on. "We will not be reprimanded by the [BCL hall unit] president and seniors for the things you write. If you want to stay here, don't write against our agenda," Shanto told him, alleged Sakib.
However, Sakib did not remove the post from his personal profile.
Shanto and Hasan later asked him to choose between two options -- stop writing against BCL and shift from room 112 to room 1022 of the tin-shed building with juniors or leave the hall.
On the night of August 15, some BCL leaders, including Shanto and Hasan, called him again and told him to leave the hall within a month. He left the hall on August 18.
However, Sakib did neither. On the night of August 15, some BCL leaders, including Shanto and Hasan, called him again and told him to leave the hall within a month.
He left the hall on August 18. Asked whether he informed the hall authorities of the matter, Sakib said he did not as he noticed the authorities hardly take any steps regarding such matters.
Hasan, meanwhile, denied the allegation and said they did not force Sakib to leave the hall and just asked him to shift to another room.
This correspondent could not reach Shanto over the phone despite calling several times.
"No one submitted any complaint regarding this. We will look into the matter if we get any complaints," said hall provost Prof Masudur Rahman.
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