Even after 5 days have passed since the attack on Professor Md. Manjurul Islam, the principal of Government Sarada Sundari Women's College in Faridpur, the police have not been able to identify and arrest the attackers. Students and teachers have been holding road blockades, protest marches and human chains demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
They warned of a tough movement if the attackers were not arrested within the next two days. Later, the blockade was lifted after the assurance of the Deputy Commissioner.
On Monday (January 20), a protest march was taken out from the town campus of Government Rajendra College at around 10 am. The march ended at the Janata Bank intersection via Mujib Road. Later, the students blocked the Janata Bank intersection and Hasibul Hasan Lablu Mia Road and sat on the road. During this time, they kept raising various slogans demanding the arrest of the attackers.
The speakers said that even after 5 days of the incident, the police could not arrest the attacker. CCTV footage showed two young men on a motorcycle attacking the principal. The teaching community is suffering from insecurity. If the attackers are not arrested within the next two days, a strict movement will be announced.
Later, when Deputy Commissioner Md. Kamrul Hasan Molla reached the spot and assured the speedy arrest of the attackers, the teachers and students lifted the blockade.
It is worth noting that on Wednesday (January 15), at around 7:30 pm, Sharda Sundari Women's College Principal Professor Md. Manjurul Islam (56) was ambushed. He had come out of his residence in Jhiltuli of the city to offer Isha prayers. At that time, when he reached the road in front of the college, a motorcycle got off and suddenly hit him on the head with an iron rod. When he fell to the ground, the motorcycle riders fled.