The Dhaka University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir organized a protest march and rally on Friday evening at the university campus, condemning what it described as attacks and harassment by members of the Chhatra Dal and local police. The demonstration began at the Vice-Chancellor’s Chattar, moved through TSC and the Faculty of Arts, and concluded in front of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) office.
Speakers at the rally, including Shibir’s central secretary general Sibgatullah Sibga, DUCSU general secretary S M Forhad, and other leaders, accused the Chhatra Dal of assaulting Shibir activists and journalists, spreading false photo cards, and reviving violent campus practices. They also alleged that police at Shahbagh station harassed a student who sought protection after receiving death threats. The leaders urged the university administration and the home minister to take action against those responsible.
The protest reflected growing tension between student organizations at Dhaka University, with Shibir leaders warning against a return to past patterns of campus violence and calling for welfare-oriented politics.