Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, yesterday blamed the Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, for the recent attack on their activists on the Rajshahi University campus and vowed a “stern revenge.”
Unidentified miscreants attacked two Chhatra League activists on the RU campus and severed their limbs in broad day light on Tuesday.
Acting Chhatra League President Joydeb Nandi said at a protest gathering in front of the DU Arts Building yesterday: “The Chhatra League will not sit idle from now on. We will avenge blood with blood.”
The organisation’s Acting General Secretary Mostafizur Rahman Mostaq condemned the Shibir for the attack and demanded the immediate arrest and punishment of the responsible Shibir activists.
Abdullah Al Masud and Tagar Mohammad Saleh, second year students of the RU History and Folklore departments, respectively, were attacked near the Ziaur Rahman Hall, said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of the Motihar police station.
The victims were admitted to the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in critical conditions. The OC also said drives were being conducted continuously to nab the true culprits.
Earlier on Tuesday, police arrested fifteen Shibir activists in several drives for their alleged involvement in the attack.
No case was filed in this regard till the filing of this report, the OC added.
Meanwhile, the RU unit of the Chhatra League also staged demonstrations on campus yesterday, protesting the attack.
Over a hundred Chhatra League leaders and activists, led by its RU unit President Mizanur Rahman Rana, brought out a procession around 11:30am.
Addressing the rally, Rana termed Shibir “a terrorist organisation,” and demanded that Shibir be banned from politics on campus. He also demanded the punishment of the attackers as soon as possible.
Teachers and students of the History and Folklore departments separately brought out silent processions and formed a human chain on the campus, protesting the brutal attack on Masud and Tagar.
Speakers at the programmes urged the university authorities to take stern steps to identify the miscreants and to ensure the security of the students on the campus.