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6 Bangla teachers get death threats
Panic gripped the Rajshahi University teachers yesterday as six senior teachers including the pro vice-chancellor and a former VC received death threats, five days into the murder of Professor Muhammad Yunus of economics department. RU authorities have informed the Prime Minister's Office, home and education ministries, police and local administration of the threats and sought 'highest' security measures for all the teachers of the university.

Meanwhile, the leaflet through which 'Purbo Banglar Communist Party' (PBCP) claimed responsibility for the murder of Prof Yunus has created confusion as the police do not believe at all that it was released by the outlawed party. Local journalists obtained photocopies of the leaflet and found little similarity with the leaflets and statements the PBCP used to release after any murder. Rather the leaflet matches with the press releases of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS).

Awami League (AL) enforces a dawn-to-dusk hartal [riot strike] in Rajshahi today to protest the killing while Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday called a fresh students strike on January 1 and 2 in protest against 'slow investigation' into the murder. On the other hand, Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (Ruta) continued their work abstention for the fourth consecutive day yesterday.
Posted by: tipper 2004-12-30
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=52473