Teachers of different public and private universities joined the students in demonstrations on Wednesday, demanding justice for the killings in the recent protests and the resignation of the government.
In separate rallies, Dhaka University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University, and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh teachers accused state forces of killing students in quota reform protests. 聽
Addressing a protest rally in front of the ULAB permanent campus in Mohammadpur in Dhaka city, professor Salimullah Khan said that the government would not ensure justice for killings as it was the killer.
鈥榃e want to say clearly that the killings were carried out with the help of the state, and by its state forces and its associates. We can call them private forces. An international probe was required into these killings considering the country鈥檚 ongoing situation,鈥� said Salimullah.
鈥榃e need a political solution to the problem, and that is the resignation of the government seeking an unconditional apology,鈥� he added.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology teachers and students brought out a protest procession from the campus at about 11:00am that ended at the Central Shaheed Minar.
They also held a protest rally at the Shaheed Minar, expressing solidarity with the students鈥� nine-point charter of demands seeking justice for those killed. 聽
Dhaka University teachers brought out a protest rally from the campus and were joined by students as they headed towards the High Court.
They were involved in a heated exchange with the police in front of Bangladesh Shishu Academy that turned into a scuffle, leading to the injury of public administration department lecturer Shehreen Amin Bhuiyan.
Protesters condemned police behaviour towards teachers.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ramna Division additional deputy commissioner Md Aktharul Islam denied scuffling with teachers.
He claimed that police had not used any force on protesters and that the public administration teacher might be injured by the crowd.
Addressing a rally, DU statistics department professor Luftor Rahman said that students were now in fear of getting arrested and could not stay in messes, homes, or relatives鈥� houses due to block raids and interrogation on roads.
鈥榃e want justice for the killings and the end of wholesale arrests, false cases, and raids,鈥� he added.
Both the pro-Awami League and pro-Bangladesh Nationalist teachers鈥� associations of Rajshahi University staged separate demonstrations on the university campus on Wednesday demanding justice for those killed in quota reform protests, 抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Rajshahi reported.
Several hundred teachers, under the banner of Muktijuddher Chetona O Mullobodh Biswasi Shikkhak Somaj, staged a sit-in at the university鈥檚 Paris Road at 10:30am, demanding justice for those killed in the protests.
Addressing the sit-in, the law faculty dean, Professor Abu Naser Md Wahid, said that the quota reform movement led the country to a very unstable situation.
鈥楳any lost their lives. Our hearts are crying for this. This bloodshed could have been avoided,鈥� he said.