KUET clash: Worries grow as SAD, Chatradal announce protests at DU at same time tonight
The Student Against Discrimination (SAD) was also scheduled to hold a rally in protest of the “attack on Kuet students”
Worries have grown as the Jatiotabadi Chatradal, the student wing of the BNP, has now also called a rally in Dhaka University, claiming their activists were attacked by banned student outfit Chhatra League over form distribution at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET).
Their rally coincides, both in time and location, with one called by the Student Against Discrimination (SAD), who are in turn protesting the "attack on Kuet students". The SAD leaders have said students were attacked by Chatradal.
Meanwhile, in a press statement published today (18 February) on the Facebook page of the BNP Media Cell, the DU Chatradal unit claimed that "armed terrorists from the underground organisation Shibir and the banned organisation Chhatra League brutally attacked leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal by misusing the banner of the Students Against Discrimination, and common students" at Kuet.
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DU Chatradal President Ganesh Chandra Roy Sahos and General Secretary Nahiduzzaman Shipon condemned the attack, calling for the protest march demanding a fair investigation and trial of the attack.
"The march will start from Dhaka University's Student-Teacher Center (TSC), circumambulate the campus and end with a short rally at the foot of the anti-terrorism Raju sculpture," the statement said.
Earlier today, eyewitnesses said the Chatradal started a campaign on KUET campus this morning, which led to protests by a group of students who opposed student politics.
Later, the two groups had a confrontation in front of the campus's central Jam-e Mosque, escalating into a clash. They also hurled bricks amid a chase and counter-chase.
The SAD, in the meantime, called for a rally at Dhaka University in protest of "attacks on students" at KUET.
The rally was scheduled to start at 7:30pm from the Anti-Terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture at TSC of Dhaka University, the student platform announced on its official Facebook page this evening.
Earlier, in a Facebook post at 5:11pm, Abdul Hannan Masud, the chief organiser of the Students Against Discrimination, warned Chatradal for attacking the Kuet students.
"By carrying out the brutal attacks carried in the style of the banned terrorist organisation Chhatra League at KUET.
