The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of Awami League, laid siege to the Vice-Chancellor's (VC) office of Dhaka University yesterday demanding release of its general secretary Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton.

Giving timeframe of three days to the VC, the president of the organisation Mahmud Hasan Ripon said if he failed to do something in this regard within the stipulated time, they would go for tougher programmes like strike.

He said this while addressing a siege programme in front of VC's office in the morning.

"Rotan is the student of the university. So it is the duty of the university to get him released. He is languishing in jail for over a year without any specific allegation," Ripon said.

Later, a four member delegation met the VC and put forward their demand. The VC assured them that he would try his utmost to get him released.

Before laying siege, BCL staged demonstration and paraded the campus starting from Modhu`s canteen.

Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, staged demonstration on the DU campus in protest against the killing of Moshiul Alam Sentu, president of JCD Barisal Division unit, and release of its central president Azizul Bari Helal.

Later, they held a rally in front of the Arts Building.

Among the participants, JCD acting president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, general secretary Shafiul Bari Babu, organising secretary Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, DU Unit president Hasan Mamun and general secretary Saiful Islam Firoz spoke at the rally.