The New Nation - Internet Edition

RU Correspondent

The Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday called for and indefinite strike on the campus from Tuesday to protest against the attack on them by the activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), activities Earlier, on Thursday, armed cadres of JCD swooped on BCL activists living 20 students injured. They also torched and vandalized dozens of rooms of RUET halls belonging to BCL activists.

BCL leaders Al-Amin, Nazmul and Moshiur at a press conference yesterday demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the JCD activists for repeated attacks on their members.

They also called on Vice-Chancellor Prof Anwarul Haque and demanded immediate resignation of the university's student Welfare Adviser Prof Sayed Abdul Mofiz, alleging that the teacher instigated the JCD cadres to swoop on the BCL activists.

They threatened of students strike for an indefinite period, if Prof Mofiz is not removed from his post within Monday. However, Prof Mofiz denied the BCL's allegations against him terming those as baseless. He refused to talk any more with the journalist.

The BCL also demanded unconditional release of some arrested students who are innocent.

Injured BCL activists Abdullah Al-Amin and Ahsan Ullah Russell, third year students of Civil Engineering Department, yesterday filed two separate cases with Motihar Police Station accusing 18 JCD activists of RUET.

The accused are-Sharif, Ahmed, Lalon, Emdad, Russell, Rony, Tipu, Choton, Bappi, Sihab, Sujon, Sohag, Susom, Didar, Sayem, Sadi, Nuhin and Kowshik.

Motihar police arrested a JCD activist, Sharif, for his alleged involvement in Thursday's attack.

Meanwhile, hall provosts of Shaheed Shahidullh Hall and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman hall yesterday issued show cause notices on 20 BCL men who are also residential students, for in discipline.

The hall provosts in the notices said that the accused students violated discipline by damaging hall properties, beating up the hall guards and staging demonstrations inside the hall.