JCD faction burns effigies of its leaders

11 April 2010, 18:00 PM

DU Correspondent

A rebel faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP, burnt the effigies of its president and general secretary at Dhaka University yesterday and declared them unwanted on the campus. Around 50 leaders and workers of the group burnt the effigies of JCD President Sultan Salauddin Tuku and General Secretary Amirul Islam Alim in front of the Arts Building at around 12:30pm. The rebel leaders alleged that Tuku and Alim awarded posts to incompetent persons in the organisation by blackmailing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. They also alleged that Tuku, who has a link to militancy, cannot lead the student body. The rebel faction burnt the effigies a day after the leaders loyal to Tuku-Alim committee entered DU campus and brought out a procession on Saturday after two and a half months. Members of Tuku-Alim committee were out of the campus since January 18 this year following a fierce clash with the rebel faction. Since the clash, the rebel faction remains on the campus under the shelter of a section of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders.