A key coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination platform, Sarjis Alam, on Friday said that stripping someone, launching physical assault, checking someone鈥檚 mobile phones were against the law and perpetrators should be brought to justice.
He stated that the incidents happened in Dhaka city, including Dhanmondi 32 on August 15 were against the spirit of the student-led mass uprising.
鈥榃e will take actions if any coordinators were found involved in such activities,鈥� said Sarjis.
He also stated that students would not tolerate anyone getting involved in acts of repression what the Awami League did during its rule.
鈥榃e cannot forcefully prevent anyone from mourning, paying tribute. It is their personal matter,鈥� said Sarjis.
He made this statement to journalists in front of Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University on Friday morning.
He also said that students in the streets was not a sign of a stable state.
鈥楨veryone should return to their respective duties as soon as possible if we want a stable state,鈥� said Sarjis.
Sarjis stated that members of the police and traffic police were joining their duties gradually.
鈥楾he clear message from the platform is that students should return to their educational institutions as soon as the responsible law enforcers will return,鈥� mentioned Sarjis.
Students, meanwhile, observed the previously announced weeklong 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� programme of the platform for the fourth consecutive day to press a home four-point demand, including the trial of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others responsible for the atrocities perpetrated during the quota reform movement leading to the mass uprising bringing Hasina鈥檚 fall.聽聽
As part of the programme, students visited nearby hospitals to see the injured and know about their conditions under the 鈥楽tand with the Injured鈥� program.
The central coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement spoke to journalists at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka in the evening regarding the overall situation and arrangements for the treatment of the injured.
A coordinator of the platform Hasnat Abdullah demanded a probe, saying that law enforcers opened fire on the movement with the intention of mass killing.
鈥楾hough the law enforcers said that they used non-lethal bullets to disperse the gathering, visits to the victims made clear that they used weapons to carry out mass killings,鈥� said Hasnat.
He said that the failure in ensuring appropriate medical treatment as well as building a complete database of the injured is the first failure of the interim government.
鈥榃e did not get any complete list of the dead and injured from the government. We have not seen any visible step from the government,鈥� said Hasnat, condemning the health department of the interim government.
The coordinators of the platform demanded a visible step from the government within 24 hours to ensure the proper medical treatment for those were injured during the movement.
The coordinators visited Mugda Medical College, National Eye Hospital, Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and other hospitals in Dhanmondi and Uttara, according to Abdul Kader, another coordinator of the platform.
The platform on Tuesday launched the weeklong 鈥楻esistance Week鈥� programme to press home its four-point demand, including the formation of a special tribunal to ensure a speedy trial for murders committed by Hasina and her government using fascist structures, and trial of those who participated in the Awami League and its grand alliance partners鈥� planned killing, robbery and looting against religious minorities.
The demands also included removal and immediate trial of those officials in the administration and judiciary who had legitimised attacks, lawsuits, and killings during student movements and repeatedly attempted to establish fascism, and equal opportunities for those who had been subjected to discrimination in the administration and judiciary.
