CU BCL men call off strike
The activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Chittagong University unit withdrew their strike today.
The BCL men enforced the strike for indefinite period from yesterday demanding immediate release of former CU Assistant Proctor Anwar Hossain, who was sent to jail in connection with BCL leader Diaz murder case.
Their others demands include withdrawal of the murder case against some BCL men and finding out the ‘real killers’ of Diaz.
Former CU unit BCL President Mohammad Alamgir Tipu, who is an accused of Diaz murder case, said they have withdrawn the strike following assurance of CU authority.
The agitating BCL men held a meeting with CU Vice-Chancellor Prof Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, reports our CU correspondent.
Earlier in the day, BCL men took position in front of the university main gate and padlocked the gate around 5:00am. Later, police unlocked the gate.
The agitating BCL men also halted the university teachers' bus services, said CU Transport Division Administrator Professor Shafiul Azam.
They also suspended the university’s shuttle train service, Sholoshohor Station Master Mohammad Shahabuddin said.
On November 20 last year, the body of Diaz, central assistant secretary of the BCL, was found hanging by the ceiling at his room near the campus.
Diaz's mother filed a case in this regard on November 24.
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