The students of Moulvibazar’s Juri staged a protest march, sit-in program and boycotted classes to protest the attack on assistant professor Riaz Uddin of his workplace Shah Nimatra Sagarnal Fultala Degree College and to demand justice for the culprits. The teachers also went on strike on the same demand.

On Monday (September 2) from 11 am to noon, the students carried out this program by staying in the college campus. Meanwhile, they demanded that the college authorities be sued for the attack on the teacher, file a case, expel the students involved in the attack and arrest those involved within the next 24 hours.

According to sources, local outside terrorists and some students attacked and vandalized the college on Sunday afternoon based on a trivial incident. Riaz Uddin, the assistant professor of the college, was injured. Later teachers and students rescued the injured college teacher and took him to Upazila Health Complex. After receiving treatment, the teacher lodged a written complaint with the police station against those involved in the attack on Sunday afternoon.

At least 15/20 students including former students Majed Ahmad, Sultan Ahmad Imon, Zeenat Sultana Nipa, current students Saifur Rahman, Ariful Islam, Shaheen Islam spoke in the human chain, protest march and sit-in program.