Jamaat condemns 'attacks' on DUCSU leaders, Shibir men, Rajshahi college

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday strongly condemned the 'attacks' on DUCSU leaders at Shahbagh Police Station in the capital, as well as 'assaults' on activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Pabna and Cumilla, reports UNB.

In a statement, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar criticised what he described as 'barbaric and cowardly attacks allegedly carried out by leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD).

He said the attack on Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) leaders -- Literature and Cultural Affairs Secretary Musaddiq Ali Ibne Mohammad, Social Welfare Secretary AB Zubair, and women leader Fatima Tasnim Zuma -- inside Shahbagh Police Station was unfortunate and unacceptable."

"This kind of attack on elected representatives of students has no place in a democratic and civilised society," the Jamaat leader said.

Porwar alleged that a false post was circulated using a fake account in the name of DU student Abdullah Al Mahmud. "Despite his denial, he was reportedly threatened. When he went to file a general diary at Shahbagh Police Station, it was not accepted instantly," he claimed.

Meanwhile, Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair, assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, denounced the alleged attack on a college in Rajshahi reportedly carried out by BNP men.

In a statement, he said attacks on teachers and vandalism at educational institutions in the presence of law enforcers reflect a serious deterioration in the country's law-and-order situation.