Principal besieged

Local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday confined the principal of Satkhira Government College to his office room for an hour as he refused to give them Tk 2 lakh as toll. Police quoted college sources as saying that a group of BCL men led by its district unit President Sheikh Jewel Hasan and General Secretary Nazul Huda Palash demanded Tk 2 lakh from Principal AKM Abdul Wahed on October 29. As he refused to give them the amount, they confined the principal to his office room at around 10:00am. Being informed, police rushed to the college and rescued the principal. BCL district unit President Sheikh Jewel Hasan and General Secretary Nazul Huda Palash could not be contacted over cellphone for their comments.