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Desecrates PM's portrait

1 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

RU Correspondent

Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists allegedly desecrated a portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Budhpara area near Rajshahi University campus on Sunday night. Locals said a group of Shibir activists ransacked Sheikh Russel Smrity Sangha office in the area at around 10:30 pm and desecrated the portrait there. They also pasted posters on the office wall demanding punishment to the killers of Shibir RU unit general secretary Sharifuzzaman Nomani who was killed during clashes between ICS and BCL on the university campus on March 13. Receiving the news, local leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate organisations rushed to the spot and chased the Shibir men. When contacted, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Motiher Police Station confirmed the incident, saying that they are investigating the matter. “After investigation, we will take action against the persons responsible for desecrating the portrait of the prime minister” the OC said. Our Satkhira correspondent adds: Two Shibir cadres, arrested with radio frequency devices at a hostel in the district town on Sunday, were placed on a five-day remand yesterday. The accused are Zahidul Islam, 24, Shibir Satkhira town unit general secretary and Kamrul Islam Sumon, son of MA Sabur of Kulia village under Debhata upazila. Both are the students of Satkhira Government College. Court sources said Sub-Inspector Firoz of Sadar Police Station produced the arrested two Shibir cadres in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court with a prayer for ten days' remand. After hearing, Judge AKM Samsul Arefin granted a five-day remand for the accused. Police arrested the two with radio frequency devices at Alam Hotel in the town early Sunday. Police said Kamrul contrived the FM device to make contacts with their leaders and activists and also to gather secret information about the law enforcement agencies and civil administration within a range of 2-3 kilometres.