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Panic micros in and around DU campus

By Nazmul Ashraf
The suspicious movement of microbuses with tinted windscreens is increasing in and around the Dhaka University campus.
One such microbus, an eyewitness said, stopped st ■ police road -black near the old High Court Saturday evening. An on-duty policeman gave it a curious look and waved it on noting down its number as it sped away towards the Doyel Square and the Dhaka University campus.
Such microbuses have suddenly become the most conspicuous of vehicles on campus. They are the only type of motorized vehicles other than those owned by the DU or Its staff members being allowed in by police guarding all entry points.
Some, like the one going through the High Court point.
have tinted glasses; others have normal clear windows. But the Impact of their entry into the campus is the same: students instantly become alert, even a little fearful.
According to sources in the residential halls, the ml embuses moving freely in and out of the campus are being used by various groups to bring in huge quantities of arms and ammunition.
The use of such microbuses was reported by both the feuding groups — the pro-BNP Jatlyatabadl Chhatra Dal (JCD) and the Awaml League-backed Chhatra League (BCL) — that Wave already fought several times on campus over the last few days.
Such microbuses being used to carry arms and ammunition and for movement of the tcr-See
rorists are snatched mainly from around the campus at gunpoint, a reliable source said adding that these were released after being used, for periods varying from several hours to days. Besides, some are privately owned, the source mentioned.
At the peak of the antf-Ershad movement last November, Golam Faruk Obhi and his associates created panic by their frequent move ment on campus in an ambulance. This style of terrorism was a new one on campus and each time an ambulance passed through the campus students and others panicked.
Both the warring groups were tn tough competition to increase their strength in arms and outsiders at the residential halls, where they had established their stronghold, campus sources said.
According to the sources, the JCD had been keeping its dominance mostly over the Mohsin. Suryasen, Jasimuddin halls while its rival the BCL at the Zahurul Haq, Salimullah and Jagannath halls.
Insiders of both the student organisations while talking to this correspondent admitted that the leaders were having little influence over the armed groups In their respective organisations.
Members of the armed groups tn both organisations were more interested tn bat tling their rivals to ensure their existence. Otherwise, they feel they are being ignored tn their respective or-Entsations, said a student
»dcr on condition of anonymity.