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| Attack made with Jamaat leaders help |
| 2010-04-03 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Islami Chhatra Shibir leader Shamsul Alam Golap in a confessional statement before a Rajshahi court yesterday said they resorted to February 9 violence with the help of Jamaat-e Islami to capture Rajshahi University halls. Golap, Rajshahi University (RU) Shibir president, also said that it was an organisational decision, said sources in the police. At the first court of Metropolitan Magistrate Amirul Islam he said that Jamaat leaders offered help to show off their strength on the campus. Golap, arrested by Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, was taken on a seven-day remand by Rajshahi police on March 26 in connection with the police assault case. Police took him to the court at noon. The court gave Golap two hours to think whether he would give the statement. He then gave it until 7:00pm. After the confession, police sought another 10-day remand for him in connection with the Chhatra League activist Faruk Hossain murder case. The court, however, granted three days' remand. Sources said, Golap confessed to having led one of the five Jamaat-Shibir groups that launched attacks on different halls on RU campus on February 9. He said the attack was planned at a meeting at Binodpur Islamia College hours before the incident. Rajshahi city Jamaat ameer Ataur Rahman, general secretary Abul Kalam Azad, city Jamaat assistant secretary and RU syndicate member Siddik Hossain, ward councillor and Jamaat leader Gias Uddin were present at the meeting, he said. Golap said they wanted to capture the halls to retain their stronghold, but the murder was an accident. Jamaat and Shibir leaders feared that their influence would wane in the university and in the city as well if they lose their grip on the dorms, he said. He, however, claimed that he was not present on the scene of murder but he took part in the clashes with the police. Jamaat leaders Katakhali Municipality unit Jamaat ameer Majedur Rahman and nayeb-e ameer Afaz Uddin Sarker had their hands in the violence, he added. As entry into the campus was difficult for Shibir men because of police presence, they fooled policemen by chanting Joy Bangla and Joy Bangabandhu slogans. Meanwhile, Jamaat leader Gias Uddin and Shibir leader Ekram Hossain in their judicial confessions also said that Jamaat abetted Shibir in the violence. |
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