Buet protest: Ultimatum issued for expulsion of BCL leader, 5 others
BCL to hold protest rally in Central Shaheed Minar tomorrow at 11am
The students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) today issued an ultimatum to the authorities to expel Imtiaz Rabbi, a civil engineering student and a central leader of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
They also demanded expulsion of five others involved in politics at the university campus by 2pm today.
This ultimatum came as students continued their protest for the second day in front of Buet Shaheed Minar against political activities on the campus by the BCL men amid a ban on such activities.
In a quick response to the protest, the university authorities revoked the dormitory allotment of Imtiaz Rabbi today.
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The Buet administration, in a press release, also confirmed the formation of a committee to investigate the entire issue. It added that actions will be taken as per the university's regulations upon receiving the committee's report.
Meanwhile, the BCL, the ruling party's student wing, announced a protest rally in the capital's Central Shaheed Minar tomorrow at 11am, demanding student politics be allowed back on Buet campus.
In a statement, the BCL also said the Buet administration has obstructed the constitutional right to association of Rabbi by revoking his allotted seat at the dormitory.
The protest began on Friday as students boycotted all sorts of academic activities as part of their protest.
Despite the ban on student politics following the murder of student Abrar Fahad, a few leaders and activists of the Chhatra League allegedly entered the campus and carried out political activities on Wednesday night.
Expressing their anger at the incident, the protesting students placed several demands to the Buet administration in written form yesterday afternoon.
The demands include the expulsion of students who assisted the Chhatra League leaders in entering the campus at night and an explanation from the university administration on why political activities have been allowed on the campus.
The Buet administration imposed a ban on student politics after Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of electrical and electronics engineering, was allegedly beaten to death by Chhatra League activists at Sher-e-Bangla Hall on 7 October 2019.
Later, on 8 December 2021, a Dhaka court sentenced 20 Buet students to death and five others to life imprisonment for the killing of Abrar.
