The Dhaka University unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal staged a protest march demanding justice for what it described as ongoing mob terrorism across the country.
The protest referred to the killing of Dipu Das in Mymensingh and also highlighted the burning to death of a minor girl, Ayesha Akter, during an arson attack on the house of a BNP leader in Lakshmipur.
The march began at the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and proceeded through key areas of the campus, concluding with a brief assembly at the foot of the Raju Memorial Sculpture.
Protesters chanted slogans such as “We want justice,” “What is the administration doing while Dipu Das burns?” and “Mob terrorism will not prevail in Bangladesh.”
Ganesh Chandra Roy, president of the Dhaka University Chatra Dal branch, said, “The Bangladesh we envisioned after 5 August, where Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians could freely practise their faith and contribute to the nation, has not yet materialised. A group is deliberately spreading rumours, inciting unrest and creating mobs to destabilise the country.”
He said, “Yesterday, rumours were even spread about the burial place of our fellow activist Osman Hadi. Conscious students and members of the public thwarted that conspiracy. Such rumours gradually give rise to mobs.”
Rakibul Islam Rakib, central president of Chhatra Dal, began his speech by praying for Osman Hadi’s soul and demanded the immediate disclosure of the identities and whereabouts of the perpetrators behind his death.
Rakib warned that over the past one and a half years, certain groups have been exploiting social media propaganda, bot networks and religious sentiments to pursue political agendas.
“Under their direct and indirect influence, innocent garment workers and children like Ayesha Akter are being locked in homes, doused with petrol and set ablaze. This is not the Bangladesh we want,” he said.
Rakibul condemned the inhuman, distorted and double-standard mentality of those responsible, saying, “They lack humanity and are working to implement the agenda of a particular group.”
