Army atrocities on DU students

[daydreamer]

Hey golpians

what do u think of yesterday's army atrocities on DU students?


I hope the authorities will withdraw the army camp from DU campus

[Force_Recon]

why were they there in the first place?in an university campus?
to quell students' political groups' violence?at first I regarded this a BCL vs army/police battle over Hasina.

[daydreamer]

from THE DAILY STAR

DU erupts in violence as army men beat students
Removal of army camp demanded, indefinite strike called
DU Correspondent

Injured students of Dhaka University admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday as police beat them during a protest on the campus. Photo: STAR
Thousands of students at Dhaka University (DU) fought running battles with police last night demanding removal of an army camp from the campus and an apology from the army for beating up three students earlier in the afternoon.

More than 150 students and four police were injured in the confrontations in which police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters as well as using water cannons and repeated baton charges. Students pelted police with stones and bricks.

At least 60 injured students received treatment from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and DU Medical Centre. Five on-duty journalists of different dailies were also injured during the clashes.

Students protesting police and army brutality called an indefinite student strike at DU starting today.

Intermittent battles which had started in the evening between police and students continued until filing of this report around 1:30am. Police vehicles including water cannons were patrolling the campus streets at the time, firing tear gas canisters and hot water at the demonstrators.

Students took positions inside dormitories including Bangabandhu Hall, Zia Hall, Surya Sen Hall, Jashimuddin Hall, Zohurul Haq Hall, Muhsin Hall, Shahidulla Hall and other places and pelted police with stones and brickbats. They put tires and other things on fire at places to save themselves from the tear gas.

The demonstrators burnt effigies of the army chief and other flammable items like chairs and tables. They put up barricades on the road in front of Zohurul Haq Hall and at the intersection in front of Jasimuddin Hall with big branches of trees.

Police beat up Acting Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof AFM Yusuf Haider, Proctor AKA Firoz Ahmed, Prof Haider's personal assistant Shahjahan Howlader, and other DU employees in the Central Shaheed Minar area.

One of the injured DU employees said they along with several students were going to DMCH to visit the injured students, when they approached the Shaheed Minar, police suddenly started beating the students. As Prof Haider and Prof Ahmed tried to save them, police beat them up too.

The demonstrating students beat up an intelligence official around 12:15am, and chased another high ranking intelligence official off the campus.

Female students took part in processions inside the dormitories protesting the police action.

All the entrances to the campus were sealed off as ambulances were running down the streets blasting their sirens and carrying the wounded.

The authorities directed law enforcing agencies to increase surveillance on other educational campuses also in and outside the capital, police sources said.

PRE-BATTLE SCENERIO
The initial cause of the demonstrations was an incident around 3.30pm yesterday when army personnel mercilessly beat three DU students and humiliated a teacher over a petty dispute concerning comments passed by spectators watching a soccer match on the university gymnasium ground where an army camp is situated.

The soccer match was between the departments of public administration and journalism. During a penalty shoot Mehedi Mohammad, a student of the public administration department stood up in front of a group of army personnel, obscuring their view.

Army members allegedly abused him verbally and asked him to move before beginning to beat Mehedi and his friends.

Mehedi along with Shafiq and Lucas all MSS students of public administration, and Dipu, a third year student of the same department, were taken to DMCH for treatment.

As Mubashsher Munayem, a teacher of public administration tried to stop the incident, the army personnel humiliated him too.

In protest, students demonstrated against the army action, demanding an apology and removal of the army camp from the campus. In response police baton charged the students injuring five or six of them.

By early evening, news of the events had spread, triggering a few thousand more students to pour onto the streets in protest.

Acting VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider, Proctor Prof AKA Firoz Ahmed, assistant proctors and some other teachers rushed to the spot and sat with the army and students to reach a solution.

After the meeting Prof Haider said, "The officer-in-charge of the army unit Colonel Huda unconditionally expressed sorrow for the incident on behalf of his force and said they will take action against the responsible army personnel," but angry students demanded that the responsible apologize publicly and that the army camp be shifted.

Students were frightened when the army took video shots of the demonstrators as they chanted slogans against the army.

The proctor said, "I saw someone taking video shots from the rooftop, but when I talked to the army, they denied it was them."

THE BATTLE
After sometime students went to the campus and took part in a protest procession which started from the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) to press home their demand. As they approached the residence of the VC, police charged batons on the students from behind, injuring five demonstrators, including one female student.

Students were disbursed, but soon they were reinforced, as hundreds of students came out of different dormitories including Bangabandhu Hall, Zia Hall, Surya Sen Hall and Jashimuddin Hall and gathered at Mall Chattar on the campus, adjacent to VC's residence.

There, furious students vandalised a police vehicle with some police inside.

Then they marched towards the army camp at the gymnasium and got locked in a fierce battle with police. Police charged batons on the students, hurled tear shells, shot rubber bullets and chased them leaving many demonstrators injured.

Nazmul, a sophomore of the public administration department, was shot with rubber bullets in the face. He had to undergo a surgery.

In retaliation, students pelted police with brickbats, stones and other such things turning the area into a virtual battleground.

During the clashes, police picked four of the demonstrators and handed them over to the army. Minutes after they were taken inside the camp, screams were heard, witnesses said.

The battle spread from the gym to TSC, Rokeya Hall, the central library, VC's residence, Mall Chattar, Bangabandhu Hall, Zia Hall, Surya Sen Hall, Jashimuddin Hall, AF Rahman Hall, Shahidullah Hall, Muhsin Hall and other places of the campus.

Several hundred police took position on the streets, while the demonstrators continued to pelt them with brickbats and stones hiding behind buildings and from rooftops.

While the demonstrators were fighting with police, Acting VC Prof Haider and others university officials and teachers visited DU Medical Centre.

CGS MAJ GEN SINA IBNE JAMALI
Meanwhile, Chief of the General Staff of Army Maj Gen Sina Ibne Jamali visited DMCH to inquire about the injured students, but he came out of the hospital in the face of angry protest by the students.

He went back again with several other army personnel and five vehicles including an army ambulance around 11:45pm.

When he entered the DMCH compound, demonstrators chanted slogans.

Coming out of the hospital, General Jamali told reporters that he went to the hospital to inquire about the condition of the injured students and to assess whether they needed to be shifted to other hospitals including Combined Military Hospital for better treatment.

He said the students were excited. "I could not see them," he added.

Jamali also said he heard that the incident had taken place centring a game. "Our law is very strict. If any one is found guilty on our part, strict measures will be taken against that person," he said.

He also said steps will also be taken against people who will be found responsible for exacerbating the incident. He said the army had already formed an inquiry committee.

Asked whether the army camp will be removed from the campus, Jamali said, "We will definitely consider what the students have to say. We will respect their sentiment."

DU Teachers Association (Duta) General Secretary Prof Anwar Hossain said the incident was unwanted. "We hope the authorities will take proper and immediate steps."

PANIC AT DMCH
After Jamali left the campus, police hurled tear gas canisters around Shahidullah Hall, adjacent to DMCH. The gas spread into DMCH emergency block causing panic among patients.

ARMY CAMP
The army set up a camp on December 10 last year at DU gymnasium. Since then the students have been alleging that the army has been hogging the gym depriving the students of chances of having physical exercise there.

"They have occupied our gymnasium, depriving us of physical exercise. Now they have begun beating us too," a student of the Bangla department said.

[angelmorn]

i found the whole thing very stupid.
= Already DU students complain of session-jots and alike problems, now they themselves plan to call on * Dhormoghots *. My only question to them, Do you or Do you not care about completing your studies ?
= Breaking cars, running around with sticks and bricks - how is it actually suppose to be of any help ?

Okie. I got the fact that its completely the Army personnels' fault in here. But why bring the whole DU campus to a complete standstill and not face the situation in a more appropriate manner. i am sure if the students had collectively gone to the Chief of staff or the Chief Adviser and not break cars and stuff, this issue could have been dealt with more steadily and quickly.

Bangal...kobe je thik hobe...

[daydreamer]

MORE UPDATES

Violence spills out 2nd day on DU campus
Star Online Report

Violence erupted on the second day today on the Dhaka University (DU) campus when hundreds of students confronted police at different points on the university premises.
The angry students are fighting running battles with police as the riot police charged dozens of tear gas shells on the students following yesterday's clash that left more than 150 students and four policemen injured.

At least two police personnel were injured today when students and police confronted amid an indefinite student strike at DU protesting yesterday's police and army brutality. The strike is being observed by boycotting classes.

The disgruntled students also vandalised nearly 100 vehicles at Shahbagh intersection and Aziz Super Market as the overnight battle raged on. They also set fire to an army jeep and beat up an army personnel in front of Aziz Super Market.

On the other hand, the DU Teachers' Association has backed the protesting students and threw an ultimatum to the university authorities to pullout the army camp from the campus by tomorrow noon.

Teacher-Student Centre (TSC), Mall Chattar and Register Building areas virtually became battleground as chase and counter-chase took place between police and students.

The angry students brought out processions and chanted slogans against the caretaker government and the army. They also burnt effigy of army chief General Moeen U Ahmed in front of Vice-chancellor's residence. The female students of the university also brought out a procession to protest yesterday's police action.

Sources said the students of Jagannath University also clashed with police on the campus following the police action on DU students.

Quoting sources our DU correspondent reports that a DU syndicate meeting chaired by acting VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider started this morning which is expected to yield an important decision.

On the other hand, DU Teachers' Association also called for an urgent meeting on the burning issue at 4:00pm.

The untoward incident erupted yesterday at around 3:30pm when army personnel mercilessly beat three DU students and humiliated a teacher over a petty dispute concerning comments passed by spectators watching a soccer match on the university gymnasium ground where an army camp is situated.

After the incident, thousands of students fought pitched battles with police last night demanding removal of the army camp from the campus and an apology from the army for beating up the students. (Updated 2:26p.m.)

[daydreamer]

Army camp on Dhaka University campus wraps up from 8pm today Government regrets incidents at DU, appeals to all for calm


Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNB) - The caretaker government decided to disband the
army camp on Dhaka University campus from
8pm today (Tuesday) and the process would be complete by tomorrow
(Wednesday), as violence rocked the area.

A top-level meeting of the government Tuesday also decided to conduct
a judicial inquiry into all the incidents on the campus since Monday
morning. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed presided over the meeting
at his office.

The government expressed its “deep regret” at the incidents on the DU
campus and appealed for calm.

Concerned Advisers of the caretaker government, the
Chief of Army Staff, Home Secretary,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University, Chiefs of law-
enforcing agencies and high civil and military
officials were among others present at the meeting.


“The meeting reviewed the situation arising out of disturbances since
Monday evening,” said an official announcement.

Adopting the decisions, the meeting appealed to all concerned to
maintain peace and discipline on the campus.

The decisions are: the army camp located on Dhaka
University campus will be withdrawn from 8pm
today and the process will be complete by tomorrow
(Wednesday) and a judicial inquiry will be conducted on
the incidents that took place on Dhaka University
campus.

The government handout said the army has already started an inquiry
into the “unfortunate” incident that occurred in the Dhaka University
playground. The inquiry will complete soon and action will be taken
against the persons found responsible following the inquiry.

[Severus]

student atrocities on dhaka city cars !!!

[darkcrunk]

A lesson shud be taught to this .. Army ..

[PraNTiK]

amar kachhe pura bepar ta political and ichchha korei kora hoichhe mone hoichhe... karon etto din versity khub kore class cholchhe, ar political parti gula oder ichchha moto kichhu korte partase nah, tai oder lok diyai shena bahini'r naam venge ei kaj ta korchhe, ete DU theke police shorabe ar political lok der shubidha hobe...

shobbi political kar shaji --- i really hate this!!!

biroktikor ei shob ghotona...

[daydreamer]

Originally Posted by PraNTiK

amar kachhe pura bepar ta political and ichchha korei kora hoichhe mone hoichhe... karon etto din versity khub kore class cholchhe, ar political parti gula oder ichchha moto kichhu korte partase nah, tai oder lok diyai shena bahini'r naam venge ei kaj ta korchhe, ete DU theke police shorabe ar political lok der shubidha hobe...

shobbi political kar shaji --- i really hate this!!!

biroktikor ei shob ghotona...

sorry bro', i guess u have no idea about what happened in the last two days.

General students rai rastai neme ashse to protest such inhuman acts. I admit, kichu khetre ora barabari korse but army was solely responsible for this incident.

ekta sipahi or sergeant, she kivabe ekta 4th year er student ke baap ma tule galigalaz kore? je kauke bola holei he will protest.

And when he protested, army personnel started to beat him bolen apni eikhane politics er ki dekhlen?

naki bolben oi student rao AL or BNP cadres?


whatever, army camp will be evicted and the process has already started