Brutal killing : Students of universities, colleges stage protest
July 12, 2025
Bangladesh desk: Students from different universities and colleges staged demonstrations on Friday night protesting the brutal killing of a trader in front of old Dhaka’s Mitford Hospital.
They also held protest rallies at their respective campuses.
The protesters demanded speedy trial of the killing.
Several hundred students of Jagannath University (JnU) brought out a procession from Shaheed Minar on the campus around 9PM. The procession ended at Bhasa Shahid Rafiq Bhaban after parading through Roy Shaheb Bazar, TantiBazar, Nayabazar and Mitford Hospital.
The students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) under the banner of Anti-Terror Unity” brought out a procession from the Bot Tola area around 9:30PM. The procession paraded several key points on the campus before returning to its starting point for a protest rally.
Arifuzzaman Uzzal, coordinator of the JU chapter of the Democratic Students’ Union, said, “BNP and its affiliated organisations are responsible for a wave of killings, rapes and extortion across the country. If they stand against people, we will stand against them as we did in July.”
Md Nur Nabi, joint coordinator of Bangladesh Democratic Student Union Central unit and an Islamic Studies student at JnU, said, “That stone wasn’t just thrown at my brother-it hit all our chests. What happened at Mitford mirrors the murder of Biswajit by the Chhatra League.”
BUET students informed about their five-point demands, including arrest of the killers and their highest punishment, at a rally held near Raju Sculpture at about 11PM.
Meanwhile, around 10PM, Dhaka University Chhatra Dal brought out a procession demanding arrest of the culprits and exemplary punishment. Later, the leaders and activists of the party held a protest rally after parading different streets of the campus.
On Wednesday, Mohammed Sohag, 39, was dragged from his Old Dhaka shop in broad daylight and beaten to death near the gate ofMitford Hospital.
His body was crushed with large chunks of concrete.
