BCL goes on rampage for seat allotment
Around 100 students of Daulatpur Government BL College went on a rampage on the campus at about 11:00am yesterday after failing to get their seat allotment in the Haji Mohammad Mohsin Hall.
They caused widespread damages to the office of Principal Prof Ahmed Reza, four residential halls, classrooms of nine departments and administrative building during the attacks that lasted for over half-an-hour.
Sources said all the furniture, doors and windows of the structures were badly damaged by the unruly students who belong to Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League.
At one stage, the agitating students confined the principal in his office asking him to allot at least 75 out of total 100 vacant seats in the hall without any condition.
On information, police rushed to the spot and freed the principal from captivity.
The BCL-linked students resorted to vandalism carrying clubs and iron rods and showering brick chips and stones leaving six persons, three of them severely, injured.
The three critically injured admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital were identified as peon of the college Idris Ali and Chhatra Shibir-linked students Shahinoor Rahman and Azizur Rahman.
According to the principal, an examination was held on May 12 and 13 to allot the vacant seats among the applicants in order of merit.
Result of the examination announced on Wednesday showed that BCL-linked students can get only three out of out 100 seats in the hall in order of merit, while the remaining 97 seats will be allotted to applicants linked with all other student organisations on merit consideration, principal said.
Chhatra League-supported students resorted to lawlessness on the entire campus vandalising residential halls, classrooms, administrative building as the principal did not agree to meet their demand for allotting 75 seats of the hall without any further question.
The principal has formed a five-member committee to investigate the unwanted incident.
The probe committee headed by Vice Principal Khurshida Begum has been asked to submit the probe report on findings on Sunday.
Action would be taken as per recommendations of the probe body against those who took law into their own hands on the campus failing to realise their unlawful demands without scoring qualifying results, he added.
Prof Reza said, “Of course, I shall sit with the student leaders of all organisations after getting the probe report to resolve the crisis arising out of seat allotment.”
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