Activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League's associate body of students, on Tuesday confined the proctor and a hall provost in Rajshahi Univeristy, assaulted a hall provost in Chittagong University and locked up the academic building in Noakhali University of Science and Technology.
In Chittagong, a group of Chhatra League activists assaulted the Shahjalal Hall provost in his office on Tuesday morning as the hall authorities did not observe National Mourning Day on Monday.
In Rajshahi University, Chhatra League activists confined the proctor and the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall provost in the provost's office on Tuesday as the hall authorities did not invite especially activists to an iftar party marking National Mourning Day.
In Noakhali University of Science and Technology, a faction of Chhatra League locked up the academic building and damaged the windows of the Shahid Abdus Salam Hall demanding punishment of the people responsible for an incident of infighting on the campus on May 24 that involved its rival faction.
The New Age correspondent in Chittagong University said that a group of activists of the university unit Chhatra League locked up the room of the provost of the Shahjalal Hall provost, Salamat Ullah, and started fire with tyres when they laid siege to the hall office about 10:00am.
Witnesses said that a Chhatra League group, led by Abu Sayed, had gone to the provost's room and assaulted him. The university's provost body with the help of the police later rescued the provost
The university unit Chhatra League's joint secretary Mohammed Mamun said that the hall authorities had planned no programme marking National Mourning Day although the university had decided to observe the day. The hall authorities did not fly the national flag at half-mast on the day, he added.
The provost could not be reached for his comments.
The university's assistant proctor Ali Haidar said that the Chhatra League had also submitted a memorandum to the authorities in protest at the hall authorities' not observing the day.
The correspondent in Rajshahi said that the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall unit Chhatra League in Rajshahi University had on Tuesday confined the hall provost for two hours as the provost did not invite them to an iftar party.
Witnesses said that leaders and activists of the hall unit Chhatra League confined the hall provost, SA Haidar, to his office. The activists also confined the proctor, Chowdhury Muhammad Zakaria, when he went there to rescue the provost, hall students said.
The Chhatra League activists also shouted slogans against the proctor and the provost and demanded that the provost should be removed.
After two hours, the university unit Chhatra League president, Ahmed Ali, and the general secretary, Abu Hossain, went to the hall and rescued the two university officials.
The hall unit Chhatra League complained that the authorities had favoured Chhatra Shibir activists and had not invited them to the iftar party.
The provost said that the ruling party men had wanted his removal as they were not invited especially.
The proctor told New Age that they would look into the matter.
The New Age correspondent in Noakhali said that a Chhatra League faction, led by Monjurul Islam Mohsin, locked up academic the building of Noakhali University of Science and Technology and damaged the windows of the Shahid Abdus Salam Hall on Tuesday.
They also created obstructed the semester examinations scheduled for Tuesday in protest at 'a move of the authorities to protect the members of another group who are responsible for a clash on the campus on May 24.'
The police rushed in and controlled the situation.
The vice-chancellor, AKM Saydul Hoque Chowdhury, said, 'We have set up committee to investigate the May 24 incident.'
'Action will be taken in keeping with what the committee recommends. But a section of student locked the academic building claiming the punishment of the accuses student,' he added.
Source : New Age
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