Prof Rezaul killing: Protests on for 13th day

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RU Correspondent :
The students of Rajshahi University on Thursday continued their demonstration programmes on the campus for the 13th consecutive day, demanding justice to the gruesome murder of Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee.
The students of the RU English Department brought out a protest procession on the campus around 10:30am that paraded the campus.
Later, they held a brief rally at Mukul Mancha, a makeshift platform set up after the nickname of the slain professor.
Addressing the rally, students said that they would continue their protest programmes until the killers are brought to light and handed exemplary punishment.
They also vowed to continue their movement during the summer vacation that will start from May 07.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the Federation of University Teachers’ Association of Bangladesh met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan at 2pm and submitted memorandum, demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment to the killers, confirmed RUTA President Professor Muhammad Shahidullah.
Prof Siddiquee, a teacher of RU English Department was brutally murdered in Rajshahi’s Shalbagan area on April 23 by some unidentified miscreants.
Following the murder, protests from teachers and students of the university sparked on the campus.
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