The New Nation - Internet Edition

RU Correspondent

The Police bid to raid the Islamic Chhatra Shibir dominated 'Sheikh Mujib Hall' of the Rajshahi University on Wednesday night to recover arms fell through as they were denied permission by the hall authorities to enter into the hall.

Campus sources said that four platoons of police led by assistant commissioner Jahangir Hossain took position in front of Sheikh Mujib hall of the university on the basis of information that some outsiders were staying at the hall with arms.

The police sought permission from the hall provost Prof. Nurul Islam and university proctor Enamul Haque separately to raid the hall, but they did not get permission .Later the police left the campus.

Several students of the hall alleged that some outsiders led by hall Shibir president Shahneazur Rahman were staying at different rooms of the hall with arms.

Prof Nurul Islam, reportedly a pro-Jamaat teacher and provost of Sheikh Mujib Hall, told the New Nation that he personally assessed the situation in the hall with the help of hall employees and found nothing unusual. So he opposed the police bid to raid the hall. The proctor of the hall spoke in the same vein.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Progressive Students Alliance and several other student organisations strongly protested the denial of the police raid by hall authorities.

BCL RU unit president Ibrahim Hossain Moon alleged that after the recent clash between the activists of BCL and Shibir at the Jagannath University in Dhaka, Shibir RU unit increased their strength and brought many outsiders with arms on the campus.

On Wednesday morning, Shibir of RU unit staged showdown with many outsiders on the campus, sources added

RU acting vice-chancellor Prof Mamnunul Keramat, however, told reporters he was not aware of the police bid to raid the hall on Wednesday night.