Admission Trade, Immoral Activities

Sahara warns students of stern actions

29 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Bss, Dhaka

Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun yesterday warned that stern actions would be taken against those students who would be involved in terrorist and immoral activities in the name of politics. "No one will be spared from the action if he or she gets involved in extortion, illegal capturing of seat or hall and admission trade in the educational institutions," she said while addressing the freshers' reception of Eden College as the chief guest. Sahara Khatun said that the government will not allow any sorts of terrorist activities, extortion, illegal capturing of seat or hall in the educational institutions in the name of students' politics. Warning the student leaders of different organisations, she said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has clearly instructed her to take stern actions against the students who would be involved in such heinous activities. "We feel sorry when we see the news or photographs of such terrorist or immoral activities or admission trading of the students in the name of politics," she said adding, "I am sure that your parents did not send you to Dhaka to get involved in such acts." Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Deputy Leader of the Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury were also the students of this college but they never got involved in such activities, Sahara Khatun added. The Home Minister said that the government has also taken up various initiatives to stop eve-teasing in the country to ensure congenial atmosphere in the educational institutions. She called upon the teachers and students to come forward to stop eve-teasing or other terrorist and immoral activities. Prof Mahfuza Chowdhury, the Principal of the college, chaired while Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, MP; and eminent singer Momtaz Begum, MP, among others, addressed the function.