Crisis at Shahjalal University

Actually, the general students and the teaching community were outraged by a rape incident and the activities of the rapist's associates on the campus.

The angry students along with some teachers were only demanding justice by staging a sit-in demonstration in front of the Vice Chancellor's office. The Chhatra Dal activists led by their seniors had no right to pound on the protesting general students. They even tried to scare them off by firing a few rounds of blank shots in front of the police force deployed there. The ordeal of the students did not end there -- even the police chased them afterwards and beat them up. Even the female students were not spared.

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Police has to answer a few questions. Why did they turn a blind eye when the Chhatra Dal activists fired blank shots and attacked the students? It now devolves on the government to remove the palpable impression that unhealthy collusion between the state power and the student wing muscle power is causing havoc to the academic life at the Shahjalal University. We strongly condemn such cohabitation between policemen and JCD activists to gag the voice of protest in the campus. We hope the authorities will play a decisive role in resolving the crisis before it aggravates to a point of irresolution.