IUB, AIUB and NSU Chhatra Dal stage protest over cocktail blasts

Leaders and activists of the Chhatra Dal units of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and North South University (NSU) staged a protest march on Monday, warning those involved in the cocktail explosions in front of NSU of serious consequences.

The procession started from Ghatpar around 7:00pm, passed by NSU and IUB campuses, and ended at AIUB's Shadhin Gate.

During the march, the protesters chanted various slogans, including “Don't call for Apa, your Apa will not return” and “Don't carry out bomb attacks, your Apa will not return”.

The student leaders issued a stern warning to the attackers, accusing the banned Awami League and its associate and affiliated organisations of attempting to destabilise the country's law and order situation, create anarchy and carry out conspiracies.

IUB Chhatra Dal General Secretary Imran Hossain, Senior Vice-President Murchalin Mahmud Khan and AIUB Chhatra Dal President Shamsuddoha Shawon, among others, led the procession.

Earlier, a cocktail exploded in front of Gate No. 8 of North South University under Vatara Police Station in the capital on Sunday, Vatara Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mazharul Islam of confirmed the incident.