Mizanur's death
Punishment to stalkers demanded
Bangladesh College-University Teachers Association stages a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the city yesterday demanding punishment to the killers of Natore college teacher Mizanur Rashid.Photo: STAR
Members of civil society yesterday demanded immediate trial and punishment to the stalkers who allegedly killed Natore College teacher Mizanur Rashid. They also demanded the government to formulate and implement a law to root out stalking. The demands came at a human chain programme in front of Aparajeyo Bangla at Dhaka University, jointly organised by Women and Gender Studies Students Forum, Urban Development and Rural Welfare Society and Future Bangladesh Foundation. DU teachers Prof Tania Haque, Helal Hossain Dhali, Fatema Roushon Jahan, Shafiul Haque from Urban Development and Shaikh Imtiaz from Future Bangladesh were present. In a press release, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association expressed profound shock at Mizanur's death. They also demanded the government to arrest the stalkers immediately and ensure exemplary punishment. Namaz-e-janazaOur correspondent from Natore adds: The first namaz-e-janaza of Mizanur will be held at Lokmanpur College field and the second at Chak Lakhsmipur under Charghat upazila in Rajshashi district at 8:00am and 10:30am respectively today. After fighting for life for 12 days, Mizanur died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital early yesterday. On October 12, two local youths attacked Mizanur, a chemistry teacher of Lokmanpur College in Bagatipara upazila, for protesting stalking of college girls. They ran a motorcycle into him, leaving him critically injured. He was declared clinically dead on October 21. Since then, he had been on a life-support machine. Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdus Salam of Bagatipara Police Station said they are conducting raids in different places to arrest Razon, the second accused in the case. The OC also said a prayer would be made to court today seeking a seven-day remand to quiz Asif, the main accused.
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