Following the rape incident in Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Saturday night, the prime accused Mustafizur Rahman reportedly took shelter in a residential hall under the supervision of top leaders of the JU unit Chhatra League.
After the incident, Mustafizur escaped from Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and went to the room of a Chhatra League leader in Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall. He stayed there till 6am on Sunday.
Later under pressure some activists took the rape accused Mustafizur Rahman from the campus to Savar following orders of the top leaders of JU Chhatra League.
Then on Sunday morning, the police arrested the prime accused of the rape, Mustafizur Rahman, a student of the 45th batch of the International Relations Department and the Chhatra League’s international affairs secretary of the university’s Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall unit.
Earlier, the rape survivor filed a complaint at Savar Model Police Station around 1am on Saturday.
Later, a team of police arrested three people from Mir Musharraf Hossain hall of the university who helped the rape accused to escape.
Mustafizur Rahman is a follower of Aktaruzzaman Sohel, International Affairs Secretary of university unit Chhatra League and president of JU unit Chhatra League.
CCTV footage missing
Meanwhile, some eyewitness students and Chhatra League activists said that after the rape incident, Mustafizur ran away and went to Rabindranath Tagore Hall. He stayed there in the room of a top leader till dawn.
To confirm the matter, CCTV footage was sought by the hall administration. However, the administration informed journalists that there is no CCTV footage of that night.
They also claimed that the CCTV camera was off for four days due to a technical fault.
In this regard, Hall Provost Professor Nazmul Hasan Talukder said: "I was on leave. The Hall Warden was in charge of the provost. The CCTV cameras were not working from February 1-4 due to technical glitch. Later I fixed the CC camera again.”
JU Proctor Prof ASM Firoz Ul Hasan said: "On Sunday morning, Sohel (Chatra League president) told me that Mustafizur wanted to surrender to the police station. Later I told him that the police will arrest Mustafiz whether he surrenders or not."
Wishing anonymity, an eyewitness student of Rabindranath Tagore Hall, said that they saw Mustafizur in the hall after 1:30am.
A vice-president of the University Chhatra League said: “We heard that Mustafizur went to Rabindranath Tagore Hall after the rape incident. Later, he surrendered following an order of the Chhatra League president.”
Meanwhile, Chhatra League President Sohel initially said that the rape accused Mustafizur surrendered to the police station on his own.
Later, he claimed that he did not know anything in this regard.
The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League brought out a silent procession at Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Tuesday to protest the rape that took place inside campus last Saturday.
Protests over Saturday’s rape of a housewife at Jahangirnagar University (JU) continued on Tuesday as well, with the demand for exemplary punishment of the accused growing.
Amid raging protests, the JU Chhatra League expelled Mustafizur on Sunday.
