Death Threat to Carmichael College Principal
27 Shibir men picked up, 16 shown arrested
Police picked up 27 leaders and activists of Chhatra Shibir from different places of the district town early yesterday in connection with a case filed for alleged death threat to the principal of Carmichael College Prof Dipkendra Nath Das.
Police said 16 of them including Shibir district unit president Abu Taher and city unit secretary Moshtaque Hossain were shown arrested in the case lodged by the principal.
“We are quizzing the rest of the Shibir men. If we find their involvement with the threat, we shall arrest them,” said Officer-in-Charge Haider Ali Molla of Kotwali Police Station.
Police picked up the shibir men, raiding different parts of the town after two unidentified people fired two blank shots behind the principal's residence on the college campus on Tuesday night.
Contacted, the principal said Shibir cadres might have fired the blank shots to create panic. “They wanted me to withdraw the case I lodged against 80 Shibir leaders and activists a few days ago.”
A number of Shibir leaders and activists threatened the principal with death as he refused to reopen the college hostels which have remained closed for the last three months.
The academic council and Employees' Association of Carmichael College formed a human chain on the campus at around 11:00 am yesterday demanding arrest of the Shibir cadres who had threatened the principal with death.
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