The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers at a discussion yesterday called for the unity of all sections of people to raise strong voice against violence on educational campus and also against those who abet and derail young generation.

They were speaking at the sixth death anniversary of Sabakun Nahar Sony, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), who was killed on January 8, 2002 in a cross fire between two rival groups of students on the BUET Campus.

Sony Memorial Foundation and Bangladesh Student Forum jointly organised the discussion at the city's Institution of Engineers.

Chairman of the foundation eminent lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain presided over the discussion.

Former adviser to the caretaker government ASM Shahjahan, Jotirindra Bodipriya Larma (Santu Larma), former Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqi, Scientist Dr Abed Chowdhury, Barris Rabeya Chowdhury, human-right activist Shirin Aktar, politicians Abdur Rauf and Pankaj Bhuttacharjya, president of Bangladesh Student Forum Bijoy Shankor Ray, parents of Sony Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan and Dilara Rahman addressed the discussion.

Dr Kamal Hossain said students of the Dhaka University had immense contribution in the Language Movement and Liberation War, but now some of them have slipped away from the right path and become criminals after falling into the trap of terrorists.

Terming the students precious assets of the country, Dr Kamal said we have to resist the elements who are responsible for campus violence and misleading the students.

Santu Larma said only violence free state system can rid the campus of violence.

ASM Shahjahan said the young generation must stand against the campus violence. He also pleaded for imbibing the young generation with ethical sense and said, " What is morally wrong can not be right politically".

Dilara Rahman, mother of Sony, urged the government to frame law banning politics on the campus.

She said the soul of Sony will rest in peace as soon as the educational campus will be made free of violence.

He said Sony was killed human heinous saying that the patrons of the killers of Sony would have to find out.

Father of Sony urged to observe the day nationally from the next year to free the campus from violence.

Sabekun Nahar Sony was killed in crossfire of two rivalry factions of BNP student wing Jatiytabadi Chhatra Dal at Palashi Crossing on January 08, 2002.