Vandalism on JU campus

Residences of the vice-chancellor, treasurer and some teachers of Jahangirnagar University came under attack last night, allegedly by Islami Chhatra Shibir activists.
The attack followed the death of a student, but JU teachers and students said they could not connect the two incidents.
Alleged activists of Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, also swooped on six houses of JU teachers and Bhashani Hall provost, and university medical centre. They also vandalised several vehicles on the campus, sources said.
During the two-hour vandalism from around 8:30pm, many unknown faces were seen on the campus and some of them were involved in the violence, said teachers and students.
JU VC Prof Anwar Hossain told the Daily Star that he was on his way to the campus from Pabna at the time of the attack. “My wife was at home and she heard some people shouting 'Naray Takbir' before the attack on my residence."
Prof Anwar went to Pabna Edward College to declare the institution free of Jamaat-Shibir.
Campus sources said Md Malek, a master's final-year student of Maulana Bhashani Hall, fell sick around 8:00pm and he was taken to the university medical centre for treatment.
He was referred to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar, but he could not be immediately taken there as there was no ambulance, added the sources.
An hour later, Malek was rushed to Enam Medical but doctors there declared him dead.
When his body was brought to the campus, students went on the rampage, vandalising the residences of the teachers, students said.
A group of students also blocked the Dhaka-Aricha road for some time, but Chhatra League leaders forced the demonstrators to remove the barricade.
Prof Rayhan Rhyne and Prof Afshar Ahmed of JU said the way the attack was carried out was abnormal, and that the JU students could not carry out such attacks.
“Besides, many of the attackers who swooped on the teacher's quarter are unknown. There was no link between the teachers and the death of the student,” Prof Afshar, chairman of Fine Arts, told The Daily Star last night.
General students also echoed Prof Afshar and Prof Rayhan's views.