CU classes resume
Academic and administrative activities of Chittagong University (CU) resumed yesterday after two days' stalemate as the authorities broke open the locks of main gate and all faculty buildings.
Sources said teachers and students attended classes and shuttle trains plied as usual carrying a small number of students and there was no report of trouble on the campus.
Agitating activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) brought out a procession on the campus at about 12:30pm and burnt an effigy of CU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr M Badiul Alam in front of the administrative building.
BCL also observed a siege programme for an hour from 1:30pm in front of the VC's residence demanding his resignation, sources said.
The CU authorities accompanied by police unlocked the main gate and those of other administrative buildings early yesterday ending a two-day siege by the BCL. The student wing of Awami League, BCL, locked the main gate and other buildings on Saturday demanding resignation of the VC.
CU unit BCL senior vice-president Abul Mansur Jamshed said they would continue a systematic movement to press home their demand of resignation of the VC.
"We have kept classes and examinations out of our movement to help maintain congenial academic atmosphere on the campus,” the BCL leader said.
Mohammad Alamgir, officer-in-charge of Hathazari police station, said a peaceful environment prevailed on the campus and additional police forces were deployed.
DORMITORY RAID
Police last night raided six dormitories of CU.
Over 500 law enforcers conducted searches in every room of the dormitories with the help of CU authorities, campus sources said.
Mohammad Alamgir, officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station, said they conducted the raid after the university authorities requested them to do so.
CU VC Prof M Badiul Alam said they decided to conduct the raid following government directives to keep the law and order situation on campus under control.
Academic and administrative activities of the university came to a standstill as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League CU unit locked the main gate and all faculty buildings on campus Saturday. They also laid siege to the VC's residence demanding his resignation.
The agitating Chhatra League men also vandalised windowpanes of the proctor's office and a number of chairs at the Chittagong University Central Students' Union.
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