Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday night strongly condemned and protested at police attack on anti-rape protesters and case against them.
JCD president Rakibul Islam Rakib and general secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir in a joint statement strongly condemned the police attack on protesters demonstrating against rape and oppression on women under the banner of Dhorshon o Nipironer Biruddhe Bangladesh (Bangladesh Against Rape and Oppression) on March 11.
Condemning the police case against 12 student leaders and 70 to 80 unnamed individuals, JCD leaders also protested at the police raid at Students鈥� Federation of Bangladesh president Mashiur Rahman Khan Richard鈥檚 residence in the early hours of March 15.
鈥楽everal student leaders named in the case were not even present at the scene. Such case is a continuation of the fascist regime鈥檚 pattern of fabricating false cases,鈥� read the statement.
Rakib and Nasir urged the police administration not to harass student activists.
They also urged the administration to focus on improving the country鈥檚 law and order situation and ensuring fair investigations into cases of violence against women.
鈥楤angladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal is deeply concerned about the police administration鈥檚 actions against anti-fascist student leaders,鈥� read the statement.
鈥楾he behaviour of police has not changed as expected even after the fall of Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fascist regime,鈥� said the statement.
The statement also read that the loyal officers of Hasina鈥檚 regime were still present in the police administration and they were acting out of vengeance and were showing aggressive attitude toward anti-fascist student leaders across the country.
On March 11, police filed a case against 12 named and 70 to 80 unnamed people over the 鈥榓ttack on the police鈥� hours after the police baton-charged the protesters demonstrating on the road in front of the InterContinental hotel near the state guest house Jamuna, the chief adviser鈥檚 official residence, towards which they were marching to hand over a memorandum of a nine-point demand.
The named accused are the leaders and activists of student wings of different left political parties, except one. Meghmallar Bosu, president, Maeen Ahmed, general secretary, and Aung Aung Marma, member, Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Students鈥� Union; Adrita Roy, member, Jahangirnagar University unit of the same organisation; Sumaiya Shahina, president, Eden Mohila College unit, Socialist Students鈥� Front; Richard, president, Saikat Arif, general secretary, central committee, Student Federation of Bangladesh, Arman, convener, Sima Akhter, member, DU unit of the same organisation, and Al Amin Rahman, president, Dhaka metropolitan unit of the same organisation; Hasan Shikder, journalist of a daily, and Fahim Ahmed Chowdhury, central general secretary, Democratic Students鈥� Council.
