Demanding exemplary punishment to the killers of Rajshahi University Sociology Professor AKM Shafiul Islam, different teachers’ associations have held demonstrations across the country.
Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) formed a human chain at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla urging the authorities to make a fair probe into the incident.
They claimed that progressive and secular teachers frequently fell victims to such cruelty.
DUTA president Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed said the militant groups are active in killing progressive minded people to turn this country into a communal one. He asked law enforcing agencies to find out sources of such extremist forces first.
Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association (Juta) demonstrated on campus demanding punishment of the killers through speedy trial.
Around a hundred teachers from different departments and institutes formed a human chain around 9.30am in front of university library.
JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam said the murder at RU was not a fragmented incident, same kind of incident had happened before at RU while DU teachers had come under threat as well.
They urged the government to take enough security measures for the family members of the slain professor. Barisal University Teachers’ Association boycotted classes yesterday and formed a human chain where they said in 2004, Economics Professor Dr Md Yunus was hacked to death near the campus. They also referred to the murder of Geology Professor S Taher in 2006.
Such killings are taking place because the killers enjoyed impunity, said the participants.
Over 150 teachers of Bangladesh Agricultural University on Sunday demanded immediate arrest of the killers. They brought out a silent procession on the campus wearing black badges.
Rajshahi University sociology teacher AKM Shafiul Islam was hacked to death by unknown assailants near his house in Choddopai area, adjacent to the RU campus, on the outskirts of the Rajshahi city on Saturday.