Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti on Sunday staged a human chain demanding an investigation into alleged links between Jucsu Vice President Abdur Rashid Zitu and banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), along with five other demands.
The organisation held the programme in front of the university’s Administrative Building in the afternoon.
The demands include scrapping the alleged discriminatory accommodation notification for Jucsu and Hall Union leaders; investigating alleged financial transactions in the recruitment and promotion boards for university officers and employees; probing allegations of extortion from autorickshaws and shops involving Jucsu VP Jitu and the Salim-Barkat Hall VP; investigating allegations that Fazilatunnesa Hall VP Oishi Sarker embezzled Tk 60,000 from the university treasury fund; filing an anti-terrorism case against detained Asadul Alam Sheikh, who is accused of having links with BCL, instead of a cyber security case; and investigating alleged contacts between Jucsu VP Jitu and teacher Hosne Ara Baby and the banned BCL.
The student organisation had submitted a memorandum to the university administration with four demands on August 19. It later added two more demands.
Speaking at the programme, JU unit president Zia Uddin Ayan said the administration had taken no action despite the memorandum.
He alleged that JUCSU VP Zitu was involved in extortion and had links with the banned BCL. Referring to a conversation published in the media, Ayan said Zitu allegedly told a BCL activist, “If I win, you win too.”
He demanded an immediate investigation into the allegations, saying the administration must take action against anyone found involved.
Ayan also questioned why Asadul Alam Sheikh had been charged under the Cyber Security Act despite allegations of direct links with the banned BCL. He demanded that authorities file a case against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
He further alleged that Oishi Sarker had embezzled Tk 60,000 from the university treasury fund and called for an investigation.
Jatiya Chhatra Shakti JU unit general secretary Nadia Rahman Anwesha alleged that political influence continued on campus despite the post-July political environment.
She also alleged that money was taken from a company in the name of allocating space and that authorities awarded projects without tenders by citing emergency works.
Referring to the alleged conversations between Jitu and a BCL activist, she demanded an investigation into the matter.
Anwesha warned that they would besiege the Registrar Building if the administration failed to form probe committees and take action soon.
The organisation also called on the university authorities to take urgent decisions on the demands at the Syndicate meeting scheduled for Sunday.