Shibir observes Hartal in Chittagong

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Islami Chhatra Shibir observed a half-day hartal in Chittagong city on Thursday in protest against the killing of two students in clashed with Bangladesh Chhatra League men Wednesday

Police picked up eight persons from different parts of the city while they were picketing during the ‘hartal’ hours.


Meanwhile, police sued more than 300 people Wednesday night in connection with the clash that left two CU students – Masud bin Habib and Mujahidul Islam – dead on the campus.

Chintu Miah, sub-inspector of Hathazari Police Station, filed the case against at least 300 people on charge of preventing police from discharging their duties.

The 11 Shibir men detained by the law enforcers on Wednesday have been made accused of the case. The rest of the accused are unknown, reports our Chittagong University correspondent

The 11 detainees are: Shibir CU unit Secretary Imrul Hasan and activists Mojadidul Islam, Masudur Rahman, Shahed Uddin, Nur Hasan Riad, Mostafizur Raman, Maruf Billah, Safique Uddin, Mahfuzur Rahman, Faisal Ahmed, Jahedul Islam and Morshedul Islam.

Our Chittagong correspondent reports, four were held from Pahartali, two from Panchlaish and one each from Bakalia and Kotwali areas, said Amena Begum, deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (North Zone).

Contacted, Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Pahartali Police Station, said M Saifuddin, 27, Ahmed Shafi, 26, Sohrab Hossain, 24, and Md Ataullah, 25 were held from Green View area under Pahartali Police Station as they attempted to vandalise vehicles around 9:30am.

Mizanur Rahman, 26, was held by Bakalia police, Ishtiak Hossain, 20, by Kotwali police, and Md Murshed, 22, and Rubeh Chowdhury, 21, by Panchlaish police.

The pro-hartal activists also damaged at least 10 vehicles at Bahaddarhat intersection, Andarkilla, Chandanpur and Chakbazar during the strike that ended at 12:00pm.

Fearing further tension on the campus, the CU authorities shut the university till February 16 and ordered all resident students to vacate the halls by 11:00am Thursday.

Our CU correspondent reports, the male students of the university vacated the dormitories Wednesday night.

The women students were seen leaving the halls around 1:00pm when the report filed as the authorities extended their time for leaving the dormitories for three hours.

CU Chittagong University (CU) syndicate will sit at an emergency meeting Thursday afternoon to take further decisions.

After the clash on Wednesday, Shibir, a pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student organisation, called the six-hour strike in city to protest the killings, claiming both the victims to be its members.

BCL however said one of the victims was an activist of the pro-Awami League student body.