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Gunmen storm into DU Teachers Club, seize halls

By DU Correspondent
Gunmen of BCL (S-A) and JCD patrolled their respective dormitory strongholds after a brief spark-off Saturday evening as tension mounted on the Dhaka University Campus.
The activists in battle gear took positions at rooftops, gates and other strategic positions of the dormitories and also of the Register's Building. Arts Building and the Teachers Club. They stormed into the club and drove the teachers
The activists earlier traded about 25 rounds of bullets for about half an hour from 6 pm. Gunshots were fired from Mohsin Hall and Suryasen Hall areas towards the Zahirul Hoq Hall premises where a conference of BCL's 63rd and 64th city ward units were going on. Shots were returned. None was injured. The conference was completed as scheduled.
Our DU correspondent telephoned at about 11 -45 pm that some gunshots were heard from the Jagannath Hall and Zohurul Hoq Hall at about 8-30 pm. Sporadic shots were also heard from other halls in the Arts Faculty area.
Panicky students who went out in the afternoon rushed to their halls. It may be mentioned that Thursday night's gunbattle had kept hundreds of students out of their halls and witnessing the light from Nilkhet crossing beyond midnight
UNB adds : A group of activists stormed into the Dhaka University Club and captured it driving out teachers.
Teachers alleged the group, led by a well-known student leader, asked the teachers to leave the club within five minutes. saying a gunbattle would begin shortly.
The varsity teachers said they had hurriedly quit before the armed activists switched off all lights of the club, locked the doors and took position with cut-rifle, stengun and other automatic weapons of about 6.20 pm.
Hearing the news, a group of reporters went to the spot but were driven back by 8 to 10 gunmen. "Buzz ofT. shouted the activists with pointed giins.
Earlier, at least 25 rounds
of gunshot were fired in the Zahurul Huq Hall area, there was reportedly an innercon-flict of the pro-Awami League Chhatra League at a conference In the area The conflict was reported over formation of new committees.
Chhatra League sources, however, denied its link with the incident and said a group of armed activists of pro-BNP Jatlyatabadl Chhatra Dal had fired on the conference.
One of the teachers, wanting not to be named, said armed elements take position in the club every now and then while fighting rivals.
"We were forced to stay in the club till 12.30 Thursday night as gunbattle gripped the campus since the evening." he said
Meanwhile, the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) in a statement Saturday expressed grave con-
cern over the severe deterioration of the campus situation.
The statement said the situation at the university were deteriorating day by day despite the demand of the teachers to the government and the political parties for a violence free campus. It said the situation had gone beyond control of the university authorities.
The DUTA said huge arms and ammunition were at the halls and if those would not be recovered immediately, the future of students would be uncertain.
It hoped that the democratic government would take effective measure in this regard