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18 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

RU Correspondent

Indigenous students of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday staged a demonstration on the campus demanding exemplary punishment to those who evicted 74 indigenous families from their land at Khatirpur under Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on June 13. Addressing a rally on the campus, leaders of the Adivasi Students Union (ASU) urged the government to form a separate land commission for indigenous communities and ensure their constitutional rights. They strongly condemned the June 13 incident and demanded arrest of the local BNP leader and his hired goons who evicted 74 indigenous families. The ASU leaders alleged that police did not take necessary steps to save indigenous people, rather they played role of mere spectators. They also demanded compensation for the victims.