Attempt to Enter IU Campus
Four outsider BCL men held with bombs
Police arrested four outsiders belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) with two bombs when they were trying to enter the campus of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia yesterday noon.
The arrestees Hasim Ahmed Tushar, 26, Siddiqur Rahman, 30, Sona Mia, 32, and Walid Hasan Pikul, 28, -- are outsiders and belong to Harinarayanpur unit of BCL, said Monir Uddin Mollah, officer in charge (OC) of IU police station.
"The duty officer challenged the four at the main entrance of the university and searched them when they failed to show their identity cards. Two bombs were seized from their possession," he said.
The arrestees are activists of a 'local unit' of BCL and outsiders to the campus, said Shamsuzzaman Tuhin, general secretary of BCL IU unit.
Confirming the incident, IU Proctor Dr Meher Ali said the university guards were on kept alert as unidentified criminals torched two vehicles in front of the teachers' dormitory and vandalised several rooms of the Teacher-Student Cultural Centre on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, classes and examinations at the IU have remained suspended and official activities disturbed since September 8 as most of the teachers, officials and employees could not attend their offices and students could not go to the campus due an indefinite transport strike called by the district transport association on Kushtia-Jhenidah Road.
University officials including Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Ala Uddin, Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Kamal Uddin, Registrar Dr Moslem Uddin, and Treasurer Dr Sahajahan Ali yesterday went to the campus with police protection.
"Police and Rapid Action Battalion are patrolling the campus. We hope the situation will return to normal soon," said Registrar Dr Moslem Uddin.
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