Drug trade main reason

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students are staying away from classes, demanding justice in an incident that took place on October 27. Five BUET students were injured allegedly by students of the Zahurul Hoque Hall of Dhaka University (DU). The BUET students are demanding campus security even as the educational atmosphere of both BUET and DU get vitiated, with their students blaming each other for the fracas.

On Friday evening, students of DU’s Zahurul Hall and followers of Asif Talukder, general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League Zahurul Hall unit, allegedly attacked the BUET students with sticks and iron rods. The students alleged that one of their fellow students, Al Imran, of the second-year management department had been locked up by BUET students and that they had gone to rescue him. The confrontation led to a clash between the two groups of students.

However, sources claimed that drug trafficking was the real reason behind the clash. Efforts to dominate the drug business in the BUET–Shahid Minar area resulted in a clash between drug dealers and BUET general students on October 26. Three BUET students were injured in the clash with drug dealers.

 Around 10 to 15 BUET students, including those of the Suhrawardy Hall, led by Md Raju, son of a BUET employee, were allegedly taking drugs in the Shahid Minar area on October 26 evening, when some criminals attacked them. Three of the students were injured.

Around 10.30pm, the drug dealers apparently attacked them again and  snatched the mobile phone and bicycle of a BUET student named Ovhi in front of Suhrawardy Hall. The BUET authority filed a case in Chawkbazar police station against Md Raju and 10–12 of his unknown followers.

A BUET student told this reporter, on condition of anonymity, that the October 27 clash was a sequel to the one on October 26. He also said that Al Imran, a student of DU’s Johurul Hall, was one of Md Raju’s accomplices, though Imran has denied knowing Raju.

Al Imran told this reporter: “Two of my guests and I were going to Lalbag when some BUET students detained us for seven to eight minutes in the Shahid Minar area and beat us up. My friends at Zahurul Hall came to know about this and rushed to our rescue. This is when the incident happened.”

Shuvra Jyoty Tikader, president of the BUET Chhatra League, said: “I have talked to the students and no one had detained Imran.”

He also said he had no idea why the students of Zahurul Hall had attacked the BUET students, seriously injuring five of them.

BUET chief security officer Abul Kamal Azad said: “Raju may have links with drug dealers and he may also have been connected with the clash between the BUET and DU students. RAB and other forces are trying to catch Raju.”

A general diary has been filed at Shahabag police station regarding the October 27 clash. In it, Azad stated that, on October 27, 30–40 students had come to BUET and attacked its students, seriously injuring five of them.

Now, BUET students are demanding punishment of the attackers and a safe campus environment. They are refusing to return to classes until their demands are met.

On the other hand, DU general students formed a human chain on their campus yesterday, demanding a safe campus. The students of these two renowned universities of the country are blaming each other for the incident. BUET students also shared CCTV footage on Facebook, showing DU students beating up their BUET counterparts with sticks

and iron rods. The BUET authority has kept the Palashi area out of bounds for now, not allowing buses and trucks on the BUET–Palashi road. This has increased pressure on DU roads. The two universities have formed two separate inquiry committees to investigate the incident and identify the culprits.

Drug trade main reason

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) students are staying away from classes, demanding justice in an incident that took place on October 27. Five BUET students were injured allegedly by students of the Zahurul Hoque Hall of Dhaka University (DU). The BUET students are demanding campus security even as the educational atmosphere of both BUET and DU get vitiated, with their students blaming each other for the fracas. On Friday evening, students of DUs Zahurul Hall and followers of Asif Talukder, general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League Zahurul Hall unit, allegedly attacked the BUET students with sticks and iron rods. The students alleged that one of their fellow students, Al Imran, of the second-year management department had been locked up by BUET students and that they had gone to rescue him. The confrontation led to a clash between the two groups of students. However, sources claimed that drug trafficking was the real reason behind the clash. Efforts to dominate the drug business in the BUETShahid Minar area resulted in a clash between drug dealers and BUET general students on October 26. Three BUET students were injured in the clash with drug dealers. Around 10 to 15 BUET students, including those of the Suhrawardy Hall, led by Md Raju, son of a BUET employee, were allegedly taking drugs in the Shahid Minar area on October 26 evening, when some criminals attacked them. Three of the students were injured. Around 10.30pm, the drug dealers apparently attacked them again and snatched the mobile phone and bicycle of a BUET student named Ovhi in front of Suhrawardy Hall. The BUET authority filed a case in Chawkbazar police station against Md Raju and 1012 of his unknown followers. A BUET student told this reporter, on condition of anonymity, that the October 27 clash was a sequel to the one on October 26. He also said that Al Imran, a student of DUs Johurul Hall, was one of Md Rajus accomplices, though Imran has denied knowing Raju. Al Imran told this reporter: Two of my guests and I were going to Lalbag when some BUET students detained us for seven to eight minutes in the Shahid Minar area and beat us up. My friends at Zahurul Hall came to know about this and rushed to our rescue. This is when the incident happened. Shuvra Jyoty Tikader, president of the BUET Chhatra League, said: I have talked to the students and no one had detained Imran. He also said he had no idea why the students of Zahurul Hall had attacked the BUET students, seriously injuring five of them. BUET chief security officer Abul Kamal Azad said: Raju may have links with drug dealers and he may also have been connected with the clash between the BUET and DU students. RAB and other forces are trying to catch Raju. A general diary has been filed at Shahabag police station regarding the October 27 clash. In it, Azad stated that, on October 27, 3040 students had come to BUET and attacked its students, seriously injuring five of them. Now, BUET students are demanding punishment of the attackers and a safe campus environment. They are refusing to return to classes until their demands are met. On the other hand, DU general students formed a human chain on their campus yesterday, demanding a safe campus. The students of these two renowned universities of the country are blaming each other for the incident. BUET students also shared CCTV footage on Facebook, showing DU students beating up their BUET counterparts with sticks and iron rods. The BUET authority has kept the Palashi area out of bounds for now, not allowing buses and trucks on the BUETPalashi road. This has increased pressure on DU roads. The two universities have formed two separate inquiry committees to investigate the incident and identify the culprits.