Police have recovered a white bag containing a red tape-wrapped box, along with flowers and a mysterious letter, from beneath an ashvattha tree on the field of Haji Muhammad Muhsin Hall at Dhaka University.
Shahbagh Police Station recovered the box on Monday following confidential information.
In the letter, a message was issued referring to participants in July uprising as “miscreants”.
The letter alleges that students’ academic lives were damaged due to political considerations, sets an ultimatum demanding a public apology from those involved, and warns against executing the “illegal warrant of an illegal government”.
However, it is not yet known who placed the box at the location.
The letter begins with, “Greetings to everyone for November Rain. Except for the miscreants of ’24 and those opposed to the great Liberation War, everyone’s voice is now bound in one and the same tune. No matter which party one belongs to, in this fight for protecting the country and the motherland, everyone’s expectation is now a common dream. An ultimatum demanding a public apology is given to each of those who played a role in ruining the academic life of hundreds of students due to political considerations.”
In the subsequent section, the letter reads, “Today I gave a false sample, in the coming days we will speak face-to-face. Do not imperil yourself by following the illegal warrant of an illegal government. It’s your eleventh hour! Even as you open and read this letter, someone beside you is letting you know everything.”
Moreover, the letter states, “The 21st August record of ‘bhaiya’ who engages in the rotten politics of bombs and gunpowder is not ours. Like the flower petals in the box, we are eternally fragrant and much stronger.” The text concludes with: “It’s coming home, a reply to all exploitation is being given very quickly.”
Speaking on the incident, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Moniruzzaman said, “A team of ours went there, and a note was found. There are some writings mentioning November greetings in the letter.”
When asked about the source of information regarding the letter and next course of action, the OC said, “How we obtained the information cannot be disclosed for the sake of confidentiality. We will keep a note of it in the General Diary (GD).”
