Gang-rape of student: Protest continues for second day at Gopalganj univ

The students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University of Science and Technology in Gopalganj protested for the second day yesterday.

They continued their demonstration demanding justice for their fellow student who was gang-raped by a group of unidentified miscreants on Wednesday.

The students also condemned the attack that was carried out on the agitating BSMRSTU students on Thursday while they were demonstrating seeking punishment for those behind the attack.

As part of the demonstration, the students took position near the university's administrative building when BSMRSTU Vice-chancellor AQW Mahabub was holding a meeting inside the establishment with the high-ups of the university yesterday morning.

Coming out of the meeting, VC Mahabub assured students that he would take legal actions against those involved in the rape and the attack.

Later, around 2:30pm, the students held a press conference in front of the administration building and placed a four-point demand.

Their other demands include ensuring security to the students residing inside the campus and its adjacent areas.

In the afternoon, they staged a sit-in near the administrative building.

It started around 4:30pm and continued for around three hours.

Later, around 7:00pm, the students brought out a torch procession and marched different streets on the campus protesting the rape and the attack.

Earlier, on Wednesday night, a female student of BSMRSTU was gang-raped in the town.

The victim, along with one of her friends, was walking on a street in Nabinbagh area around 9:30pm when seven to eight unidentified men stopped them and took them to an under-construction building.

There, they raped the female student and tortured her friend.

On the next day, the university students came under attack during their demonstration over the rape at Ghonapara on Gopalganj-Khulna highway.

A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists allegedly attacked them, leaving at least 30 injured during their protest.

The university's Proctor Raziur Rahman filed a case against seven to eight unidentified people with Kotwali Police Station in connection with the rape.

Manirul Islam, officer-in-charge of the police station, said they were investigating the case.

However, no case was filled till yesterday evening in connection with the attack on students.