Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir are creating chaos at Rajshahi University every day to save RU unit Shibir President Mahbubul Alam Salehi, a key suspect in Prof Taher Ahmed murder case, forcing deployment of a huge number of police to keep the peace.
A host of Jamaat-Shibir leaders from Rajshahi, Natore, Pabna, Chapainawabganj and other areas accompanied by outsider cadres staged a sit-in in front of the administrative building suspending all activities for five hours yesterday.
Shibir leaders at a rally verbally abused and threatened the ruling BNP, police, journalists and RU administration apparently in a bid to put pressure on them to save Salehi.
The leaders said they will not extend support to BNP in the next election if Salehi's name was not dropped from the confessional statements of three arrestees in the case.
Classroom activities were hampered due to the use of many loudspeakers at the rally. Besides, Shibir cadres stopped university transport until 2:00pm, forcing all staff to stay and hear the speeches.
Central Shibir President Shafikul Islam Masud said they do not find it necessary to abide by the law that harasses them.
Addressing BNP top brass, he said, "Shibir doesn't give a damn about any ministers or lawmakers. We are contacting you for saving Salehi; it doesn't mean we are seeking mercy."
Former Shibir president Selim Uddin said, "Whether Salehi is involved or not, he must not be implicated in the murder case."
"Implication of Salehi will undermine Jamaat-Shibir and the ruling alliance. He is a part of the alliance and this issue may accelerate the fall of the ruling coalition."
Nazrul Islam Bulbul, another former Shibir president, demanded exclusion of Salehi's name from the charge sheet. "Salehi's name should be dropped for the sake of the alliance," he demanded.
"If Shibir decides, the peace in the country will be destroyed," he said calling upon the alliance leaders to force police to drop Salehi's name from the charge sheet.
The police officials who will fail to find the real killers would be taught a good lesson, said another former Shibir president Motiur Rahman Akhand.
Commenting on the outrageous speeches, a top police official speaking anonymously said, "They can say whatever they wish. If they are really brave and honest, they should present Salehi in public and prove him innocent at court."
The police have already gathered sufficient pieces of evidence of Salehi's involvement in addition to the confessional statements of the three killers, he said.
A number of Shibir teams on Saturday night raided RU halls and forced resident students to sign a signature campaign that claims Salehi is innocent.
"Shibir men have threatened Eti of Munnujan Hall as she refused to put her signature," said a resident student asking not to be identified.
No comments:
Post a Comment
মন্তব্য করুন