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At least four demonstration rallies have been held on the Dhaka University campus demanding justice for the gang rape led by BCL leader Mustafizur Rahaman in Jahangirnagar University last night (Feb 3).
The demonstrations were organized by student organizations and student groups.
A group of Dhaka University students staged a demonstration rally demanding Justice of group-rape take place in the Jahangir Nagar University last night near the Meer Mosharraf Hossen Hall of the University.
The demonstration was held at the foot of anti-terrorism Raju monument of Dhaka University on Sunday (4 February) around 1.45 pm.
Abdullah Al Noman, a student of Islamic Studies department of Dhaka University, said, " in this digital Bangladesh, we never thought about group rape in a University like Jahangirnagar University.
Demanding Justice for the victims and to take urgent measures against alleged, he said, "We can't not imagine incident like this where University students rape a woman abducting her husband. This is nothing new in this country. We saw Such incident in the Sylhet MC College. Where culprits and accused left unpunished. If they were punished, this incident would not been happened."
Mentioning the incident of Manik, a former student of Jahangirnagar University who celebrated hundred rapes on the campus, Oditi Islam, a student of philosophy Department, said, "Once there was a culture of raping women and in the Jahangirnagar University. We saw the repetition of that rape culture. Where some students raped a woman in group abducting her husband. When students protested, the friends and hall Provost helped the accused to escape from the hall."
"The victims were harassed in the police stations too. When they went to file a case about the incident in the Ashulia police station, they did not take the case and referred the victims to Savar police station," she added, demanding exemplary punishment of the accused Mostafizur Rahman and the involved.
After the demonstration, the protesters marched toward VC intersection of the Dhaka University chanting slogans and demanding punishment of the culprits.
Another protest rally was organized by Democratic Students Force, a new student organization, at the same place around 4.30 pm on the same incident.
Akhter Hossein, convener of Democratic Students Force convener, said, BCL leaders and activists raped a housewife after the election of 2018 again after the election of 2024, they did it again. As they do not abide by law and there is no law for them.
"The incident which happened last night in the Jahangirnagar University was a planned rape. We demand a quick judicial trial of this incident," he said.
Demanding removal of proctor and hall provost, he said, "BCL gained its notoriety from rape, extortion, killing and doing other crimes lot before today but the authority of Jahangirnagar University set a heinous example by helping the culprits to escape. As a result, the main culprit, Mustafizur Rahman is still hidden."
Asad Bin Roni, General secretary of Dhaka city (North) Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, expressed his anguish in a protest rally held under the banner of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad at the Raju monument over recent incidents of rape.
He said, "Earlier police offered the wife of bodybuilder Faruk, who has been killed in police station from torture, to sleep with them. Which is nothing but a representation of fascism. This situation is beyond our imagination. And after two days, the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of ruling AL government, raped a woman in the jungle in group near Meer Mosharraf Hossain hall of the Jahangirnagar University using hall dormitory to abduct her husband. "
Demanding punishment of Mostafizur Rahman, the main accused of the gang rape, he said, "Asking Justice is nothing but a far cry because all the sectors of the state have been affected by fascism. Otherwise, the victims wouldn't be harassed in police stations or University teachers wouldn't help the accused to escape from the University using a backdoor."
In the evening, Democratic Students' Alliance- a Union of left leaning students organizations, brought out another procession from TSC demanding justice.
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