Students of Dhaka University and Bangladesh University of Science and Technology participated in protest rallies and processions on the DU campus on Tuesday night demanding the arrest of those responsible for the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram.
Assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam Alif, 35, was killed and 25 others injured during a clash between followers of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari and law enforcement agencies on the Chattogram court premises on Tuesday over sending Chinmoy to jail in a sedition case.
At around 9:00pm, the 鈥楧haka University Student Association of Lohagara-Satkania鈥� held a protest rally at TSC against the killing of Saiful Islam Alif.
During the protest, students chanted slogans such as, 鈥楾here will be no place for extremism in this Bangladesh,鈥� 鈥業SKCON and Sanatan are not the same,鈥� 鈥楴ot Delhi, but Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka.鈥�
The students stated that lawyer Saiful Islam had been killed in Chattogram to incite communal violence. They demanded a fair investigation into the killing.
Inqilab Mancha also staged a torch procession on the DU campus. The procession began at around 9:00pm from the Raju Memorial Sculpture, moved around various parts of the campus, and ended with a brief rally at the starting point.
The event was attended by Md Bin Yamin Mollah, president of the Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, and members of the Inqilab Mancha.
During the event, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, spokesperson for Inqilab Mancha, said, 鈥榃e want to tell our Hindu brothers that we have no conflict with you. Hindus and Muslims are brothers. But the extremist organisation ISKCON has crossed its limits.鈥�
He further demanded that those involved in the murder should be brought to the book as soon as possible.
Md Bin Yamin Mollah said 鈥楾he Awami League is provoking ISKCON. They are devising ways to destroy the country. We demand justice for Alif.鈥�
Besides, students held a gayabana janaza at TSC at 10:00pm.
Additionally, Chhatro Union staged a protest rally at the VC Chattar at around 11:30pm.
During the protest programme, a call was made to the public to resist communal division and the murder of the lawyer Alif was strongly condemned and justice was demanded.
Chatra Union鈥檚 DU unit president Meghmallar Bosu and leaders and activists of the organisation participated in the protest.
Students of BUET participated in a procession that began in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture and paraded different streets on the campus.
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