DU students push for proctor's resignation
The call for resignation of Dhaka University proctor is getting louder as a group of DU students yesterday demonstrated on campus for the second consecutive day with the demand.
They submitted a memorandum to the vice chancellor (VC) demanding resignation of proctor Prof AKM Golam Rabbani for his failure to ensure security on campus.
Under the banner of 'Students against repression', the students brought out a rally from Aparajeyo Bangla and marched towards the VC's office.
Abu Raihan Khan, a third-year student of mass communication and journalism, submitted the memorandum on behalf of the students.
The students also submitted details of 14 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists who were involved with recent spate of attacks on quota reformists, and demanded they be brought to justice. They identified the BCL men and encircled their faces on printed out photos of attacks.
In response, DU VC Prof Akhtaruzzaman said the memorandum will be sent to the probe committee that will decide on the allegations. He also said if there is any allegation against someone, it should be submitted to him in writing.
Meanwhile, students of physics department formed a human chain in Mukarram Bhaban area on the campus, protesting attacks carried out by BCL men.
A demonstrator there said some goons beat up Mithu, a student of the department, at Shahbagh on July 2. He is still sick and the university authorities are not bearing the expense of his treatment.
They also demanded immediate release of the detained quota reform leaders and vowed not to join classes until the attackers are punished.
PROTEST AT JU
A section of students of Jahangirnagar University's philosophy department yesterday also protested the recent series of attacks.
The students boycotted their classes and staged a sit-in at their department.
They also demanded immediate publication of the gazette notification bringing reformation in the quota system.
Meanwhile, students of government and politics department of the university formed a human chain on the campus, protesting a “rape threat” allegedly issued by BCL men on one of their fellow female students.
The student had filed a complaint to the university authorities on Sunday, demanding punishment for several BCL men who allegedly made the rape threats on Facebook.
QUOTA LEADER REMANDED
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Tariqul Hassan, a leader of quota reform movement, on a one-day remand in a case filed over assaulting police and vandalising vehicles on April 9.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam passed the order after inspector of Detective Branch of police Bahauddin Faruki, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Tariqul before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.
On the other hand, Tariqul's lawyer submitted a petition seeking bail and cancellation of the remand prayer. The lawyer said his client's name was not included in the first information report, adding that Tariqul was implicated in the case as part of a conspiracy to divert the quota reform movement. After hearing both sides, the magistrate rejected the bail petition and placed Tariqul on remand.
On July 2, a group of BCL activists beat up Tariqul at DU Central Library premises and handed him over to police. He was later shown arrested in a case filed over assaulting police and vandalising vehicles on April 9. Police also sought a seven-day remand for quizzing him about the quota reform movement.
Earlier on July 10, three other arrestees -- Jashim Uddin Akash, Moshiur Rahman and Faruk Hasan -- were remanded for two days in the cases filed over the attack at DU VC's residence and assaulting police and vandalising vehicles on April 9.
After completion of their remands, they were sent to jail on Saturday.
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