Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
Hasan Al Mamun, Convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, the platform spearheading the government job quota reform movement, claimed that reformists are now passing days amid horror of further arrests.
The members of law enforcing agencies have already increased the surveillance on the protestors, including university teachers, eminent citizens, students and guardians, to create panic among them to stay out of the protest.
Hasan Al Mamun told The New Nation on Wednesday evening.
The number of the participants in rallies and human-chains have decreased following the recent incidents of handover of protesters by the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men in different campuses, he said.
At least 10 protesters are still in jail and custody and another Joint convener Mahfuz went into missing after being detained from city’s Bhasantec area, he mentioned.
We are also afraid of the fate of the demonstrators as law enforcers are following the policy of shown arrest after picked up the reformists and eminent citizens violating the constitution. “The authorities concerned have already issued restriction a good number of social media accounts, including facebook pages, to stop news from circulating,” the Convener said.
He demanded to the law enforcers to produce Mahfuj before media or court as soon as possible.
He also said that his facebook accounts remained blocked from Tuesday night.
He said that the movement has no ill motive, they only want to establish the job right over 26 lakh educated unemployed men as per the declaration of premier Sheikh Hasina.
Meanwhile, the Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Sunday picked up four persons, including Rashed Khan, and Mahfuz, both Joint Conveners of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Forum, from Bhasantek area in the city.
Rashed was shown arrested in a case filed under the Information Communication Technology (ICT) act, said Masudur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
On May 21, quota reform demonstrators postponed their decision of boycotting examinations considering the month of Ramadan and at the prospect of “session jams” the strike might have caused.
However, on June 26, the PM suggested continuation of the existing freedom fighter quota in civil service.
At present, 56 percent of government jobs are reserved for candidates of various quotas, while the remaining 44 percent is drawn from applications on the merit list.
