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| Shibir got all-out help from Jamaat |
| 2010-03-15 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat leader Gias Uddin gave a confessional statement before a Rajshahi court Saturday that all tiers of Jamaat-e Islami helped Islami Chhatra Shibir in the February 9 violence at Rajshahi University following an organisational decision. Gias, also former Rajshahi City Corporation ward councillor, was taken on five days' police remand in three terms after his arrest on February 26. Police took him to the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Ziaur Rahman at 2:00pm on Saturday. Police officials in Rajshahi, however, remained tight-lipped about the judicial statement of Gias. Sources told The Daily Star that Gias, also a military trainer of Shibir cadres, confessed that he participated in the second meeting jointly held by Jamaat, Shibir men and outsiders in Islamia College of Binodpur on February 8 night that agreed to help Shibir. As per the decision of the second meeting, Jamaat and Shibir leaders, activists in and around the campus including former Shibir leaders of different RU hall units, participated in and assisted Shibir men during the violence. Earlier in the afternoon, Shibir leaders held their first meeting at the same venue and it decided to drive out activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League from different RU halls for restoring their stronghold on the campus. After the violence, the attackers talked to Rajshahi city Jamaat Ameer Ataur Rahman, general secretary Abul Kalam Azad and assistant general secretary Siddik Hossain and went into hiding. Meanwhile, the same court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Jamaat Ameer Ataur Rahman and 36 other Shibir men who were earlier arrested in connection with the RU violence. |
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