JU protest to free teacher
Pro Awami League (AL) teachers, officers, staff and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged demonstrations on the campus for the fourth day yesterday demanding release of its teacher Firoz-ul Hasan, arrested by Rab, on Friday.
JU unit BCL has withdrawn Dhaka-Aricha highway blockade programme scheduled for 1:00pm yesterday following a request from the university authorities and police.
The JU government and politics department lecturer Mohammad Firoz-Ul Hasan and 20 others were arrested by Rab in connection with selling fake question papers for the combined medical college and dental college admission tests.
Over 100 teachers, officers, university employees and BCL men leaders and activists formed a human chain in front of university main gate around 10:00am.
Proctor Arzu Miah told the BCL leaders and activists that the government has assured of the release of Firoz-ul Hasan within yesterday. But Firoz was not released till filing of this report at 6:45pm yesterday.
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