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Cops crossed limits at RU

Says NHRC chief; fact-finding committee blames BCL, RU officials for Feb 2 attack

Staff Correspondent
Police crossed their limits and did wrong by attacking Rajshahi University (RU) students who protested fee hikes and evening shift master’s courses, NHRC Chairman Mizanur Rahman said yesterday.
Mizanur made the remarks when members of a fact finding committee, comprised of former RU students to investigate the February 2 incident, handed over their report to him at his office in the capital.
According to the report, the attack was a pre-planned one as some top officials of the RU administration, deputy commissioner of Rajshahi metropolitan police and BCLleaders of RU unit had held a meeting just before the incident.
Police along with BCL leaders and cadres carried out the attack while some top RLI officials, including three assistant proctors -- Shakhawat Hossain, Sirajul Islam and Helal Uddin - led the assault, it said.
Around 100 students of RU and eight journalists were wounded on the day, as armed Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men backed by police attacked the students.
The NHRC chairman demanded that the persons responsible for the attack be identified immediately and brought to book.
"Following the attack, I wrote to the home boss (a letter) asking him to inform the NHRC about the steps the ministry had taken to apprehend the gun wielding attackers. But the ministry is yet to send its reply, ” he said.
The report of the fact finding committee made a series of recommendations, including formation of a truth commission to probe the incident, removal of RU vice-chancellor, pro-VC, registrar, proctorTariqul Hasan and all assistant proctors so that they cannot influence the probe.
It found that the injured students could not get admitted to hospitals fearing police harassment as police and the RU administration filed cases, accusing 750 unnamed students.
The report also said the RU authorities were trying to evade their responsibility by passing on the blame to Jamaat-Shibir.
"Who waged the movement is immaterial as every person has the right to get involved in a peaceful movement. So the government cannot drop the issue of justice by raising the issue of Jamaat-Shibir," Mizanur said.
The RU authorities should bear the injured students' treatment cost, he added.
The eight-member fact finding committee was formed on February 4. Arif Reza Mahmud, a member of the committee, handed over the report to the NHRC chief.