BCL unit president, GS instigators
A probe body, formed after an incident of vandalism at Bijoy Ekattor Hall in Dhaka University on March 13, has found that Bangladesh Chhatra League president and general secretary of the hall unit "instigated" the incident.
The committee scrutinised CCTV footage and interviewed 22 students including the hall unit President Fakir Rasel and General Secretary Nayan Hawlader, and concluded that 15 BCL men were involved in the incident, according to the report.
BCL men chased resident teachers, went on a rampage and besieged the hall provost's room, and beat up a journalist on the night to take control of several rooms of the hall, as per the report.
The three-member probe committee formed on that night led by resident teacher Dr Asif Hossain Khan submitted the report to the university vice chancellor on Sunday, said a member of the committee on condition of anonymity. The Daily Star has obtained a copy of the report.
The report said Rasel and Nayan conducted several meetings with their followers at Rasel's room, the dormitory's TV room and guest room, and instructed the supporters to commit the act.
The BCL men who testified to the committee said they were compelled to create the situation as Rasel and Nayan ordered them to do so.
Seven BCL men, who beat up UNB campus reporter Imran Hossain with sticks, when he went there to collect news, are: Md Shipon Mia of Islamic history and culture department, Dewan Sabab of disaster management, Md Mosharaff Hossain of Islamic studies, Saidur Rahman Sharif of Urdu, Zihad of philosophy, Imran of political science, and Shamim of sociology department.
Two BCL activists -- Md George of philosophy and Md Mobashshir Hossain Khan of Islamic Studies -- vandalised the windowpanes of provost room with the help of four others, said the report.
Contacted, Rasel denied his involvement, but said he failed to control his followers.
However, Nayan said BCL activists did not take part in vandalism; rather they tried to convince the general students to accommodate them to the hall.
DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique told The Daily Star, “The university administration will take steps against the culprits as per the university law.”
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