Stabbed Buet student fighting for life

Students, teachers and staff of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), under the banner “Buet Poribar”, form a human chain on the campus yesterday protesting Tuesday's knife attack on Arif Raihan Dwip, a third year student of the mechanical engineering department. Photo: Star

A Buet student who suffered critical stab injuries to the head, back and left eye on Tuesday was fighting for life at Neuro Intensive Care Unit in the capital's Square Hospital as of last evening.
Arif Raihan Dwip, a third year student of the mechanical engineering department, underwent a major operation on Tuesday and was in an unconscious state, said hospital sources.
An unidentified man had dragged Dwip, a member of the Buet unit Bangladesh Chhatra League convening committee and resident student of Nazrul Islam Hall, down the hall's stairs and stabbed him indiscriminately before fleeing.
None has been arrested till last evening. Dwip's brother, Riaz Morshed, filed a case yesterday with Chawkbazar Police Station accusing unidentified people.
Meanwhile, around 150 students, teachers and staff of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), under the banner “Buet Poribar”, formed a human chain and brought out a silent procession on the campus protesting the attack.
Alleging that Jamaat-Shibir men were behind the attack, they demanded that the perpetrators be arrested and handed down punishment after a proper probe.
Some Buet officials were patronising Shibir men while names of 59 Shibir leaders involved in different violence perpetrated on the campus were handed over to the university authorities. But no steps were taken against them, they said.
They also demanded enhanced security measures for students. Buet Teachers' Association also condemned the attack.