Alamgir Tipu, the newly-selected president of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Chittagong University unit, has denied having any involvement with the 2013 double murder that took place in the port city’s CRB area.
“I have no involvement with the double murder incident. I even did not know about the killings before my arrest,” Chhatra League President Tipu said during a press conference at Chittagong Press Club yesterday.
“My name is not mentioned in the case filed by the mother of a deceased. Kotwali police arrested me along with my senior political brother Saiful Islam Limon the day the murder took place,” he said citing the case statement.
Dhaka Tribune ran a report tiled “Murder suspect made president of CU Chhatra League committee” on July 21.
Two people were killed on June 24, 2013 when members of two rival groups of Chhatra League clashed in CRB area over the submission of tender documents.
Apart from the victim’s family, Kotwali police filed another case in which Tipu, then organising secretary of the unit, is named as an accused.
He was freed on bail on August 4 the same year. The Detective Branch of police is investigating the case.
The new general secretary, HM Fazly Rabbi Sujon, is also accused in a case filed under the explosives act over trading gun shots between two groups of Chhatra League on September 27 last year at a dormitory. He is also on bail.
The new committee was formed on July 20. Central General Secretary Siddique Nazmul Alam earlier told the Dhaka Tribune that they had selected the leaders based on information gathered from the detectives, locals and political leaders in Chittagong and the local policymakers.
The previous committee was dissolved on June 10 last year after a factional clash on the campus.
At least five bloody clashes took place after the committee had been dissolved leaving a Chhatra League activist killed.
At yesterday’s press conference, the top Chhatra League leaders promised to stop factional clashes, making the campus free from anti-liberation forces and ensuring congenial atmosphere on the campus.
The new committee leaders also placed 10 demands asking the university authorities to ease session jam, increasing shuttle train compartments and arranging residential facilities for the female students.
