RU Shibir threatens to 'try' killers of Nomani on campus

26 April 2009, 18:00 PM

RU Correspondent

The activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) yesterday placed some demands before the Rajshahi University authorities to meet them before reopening of the university. Campus sources said a group of Shibir activists, led by RU Shibir president Delwar Hossain Saidee, met RU Proctor Prof Zakaria at his office and demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of their leader Nomani before reopening of the university. The Shibir activists said if the persons responsible for killing Nomani are not punished before reopening of the university, they will arrange trial of the killers on the campus. Sharifuzzaman Nomani, general secretary of Shibir Rajshahi University unit, was killed during a clash between BCL and Shibir on the campus on March 13. Later, Shibir activists along with some outsider moved around the campus, creating panic among the teachers and employees. BCL activists, led by RU unit president Ibrahim Hossain Moon, met the proctor and said that the cases filed by Shibir against 500 BCL leaders and activists in connection with March 13 incident must be withdrawn before reopening of the university. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists, led by Harunur Rashid Mamun, also met the proctor at his office and demanded immediate reopening of the university. They urged the university authorities to take necessary steps to maintain a congenial academic atmosphere on the campus. Meanwhile, classes at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) resume yesterday. The university was closed on March 13 following a clash between BCL and Shibir on Rajshahi University campus. The Ruet authorities, however, imposed restrictions on rallies, processions and student bodies' activities on the campus for an indefinite period.