Former Chhatra League leader Abdullah Al Masood, who was beaten up on charges of attacking students during the anti-discrimination student movement, has died.

He died on Saturday (September 7) at around 12:15 pm while undergoing treatment in Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) Hospital's ward number 31. Earlier on Saturday afternoon, Abdullah Al Masud was beaten up in Binodpur Bazar area of the city.

The deceased Abdul Al Masood was working as a store officer at Rajshahi University Medical Center. His village home is in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district. Masud's father's name is Rafiqul Islam.

The deceased Masud became the father of a daughter on September 3. It is said that they used to live in Binodpur with their family due to their job.

In this regard, Boalia Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Masood Parvez said, Abdullah Al Masood was beaten in Binodpur. Then a group of students took him first to Motihar and then to Boalia police station. He was sent to the hospital with serious injuries. He died there.

He said that the body of the deceased is in the morgue of Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) Hospital. After the legal formalities, the body will be handed over to the family.

Advocate Tajul Islam has been appointed as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.

This information was given in a notification by the Ministry of Law on Saturday (September 7) night.

Apart from Tajul Islam, four more lawyers have been appointed as prosecutors in the tribunal. They are - Mizanul Islam, Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim, BM Sultan Mahmud and Abdullah Al Noman.

According to the notification, Advocate Tajul Islam will enjoy the same status as Attorney General.

It further said that this order will be effective immediately.

With one word of Obaidul Quader, the country has fled, the country has been set on fire, and all the loot has been taken away. After a few days, I won't be able to find even a brick'—the middle-aged (pseudonym) Saifuddin was saying these words with a lot of anger.

He was saying the words after seeing the door of the central office of Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in Gulistan being removed. Before that, someone should hang three banners saying 'Celebrity Wedding' at the entrance of the office. When contacted by Celebrity Wedding about the matter, the company's founder, Johnny, denied it to Barta24.com. He said, on August 5, we hung about 15 such banners in front of the National Press Club. Later, someone may have taken it from there and hung it in front of the office.

Basically, people were gathering in front of the office to see the hung banners. Various jokes were also made about such helpless surrender of the powerful government and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's escape from the country. Some people were making oblique comments saying that they had to face problems even walking on the Bangabandhu Avenue road.

While walking in front of the office another person named Billal Hossain came forward after seeing the eager crowd and banners. After looking at the banners for a while and looking around the office, he joined the others in the conversation; Billal said, "Ah, how many games are you playing, now Allah's Mair." The whole thing was not burnt but all the goods were taken. Even Ershad did not kill so many people; he was giving up power only after two people died. No one has done this except Allah.

Not only Saifuddin and Billal, almost everyone was looking at the building while walking along this road, some were going near it with curiosity, reading the words written on the banner. Someone took out the phone again; remembering memories by taking pictures. But on everyone's face is a mixed reaction of surprise, disappointment and anger.

Such a picture was seen in front of the central office of Awami League on Saturday (September 7) at noon. However, the looting has not stopped so far. Even after the fire on August 5 and the looting of all the goods in the building, the looting did not stop. A looter was also seen today. He was taking the door of the building in a van.

When asked if he saw any of the Awami League leaders coming to a fruit seller in front of the office, the fruit seller told Barta24.com on  condition of anonymity that he has not seen anyone here since the 5th. Now thieves and looters are taking everything. There is no one to see. But he who builds this building knows how hard he is building it.

On this day, the road in front of the office can be seen turning into a parking place for hawkers and various cars. The abandoned state of the building in the absence of the once proud leaders and various government law enforcement agencies. Ashes burnt due to setting fire are also in the same place. The ground floor is strewn with ashes and broken glass.

Several private cars were parked right in front of the office. Since then, the hawkers are occupying the road by laying rows of posts up to the road in front of Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium. Various mobile hawkers have also arranged their stalls. But no one has anything to say. There is no law enforcement presence. People are walking, going to their destination, glancing at the building standing in ruins on the way.

Incidentally, the former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina fled to India after resigning in the face of the student movement on August 5. When the news spread, the anger of the students erupted in various structures of Awami League. The level of anger was so intense that the central office of the party, the president's office, the Bangabandhu Museum and the Ganobhaban were also vandalized. Along with that, miscreants looted various goods and set them on fire.

Since then, no central leader of the party has been seen in public. While fleeing the country, many ministers and MPs have been detained by the law and order forces in jail. Some of the rest managed to escape from the country but are still not coming publicly. Those who could not escape are hiding inside the country. The fear of being arrested in the case of almost thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of people injured in the movement is not leaving the leaders behind. 

After the overthrow of the dictator in the student uprising, a group indulged in multi-faceted acts of violence by mocking the sentiments of the masses including the Great War of Liberation and the National Anthem. 48 citizens of the country have protested against this arrogance and base activity.

In a statement sent to the media on Saturday (September 7), they said, "We observe with deep concern and indignation that a sectarian group, motivated by ulterior political motives, has the audacity to question the 1971 Great Liberation War and related public opinion, even the National Anthem." Campaign has started. Just a few days ago, the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami advised the nation to forget everything from the past. It can be assumed that by the past, he means the history of the liberation war of 1971, the role of his party at that time, etc. The history of the liberation war that he wants to convey is clear from the speech given by former Brigadier General Abdullahil Aman Azmi in the auditorium of National Press Club on September 3 demanding the change of the Constitution and National Anthem. We strongly condemn and strongly protest his targeted, communal and arrogant statement. At the same time I would like to remind him that freedom of expression does not mean that one can say whatever one wants. Going beyond the purpose for which he had called the press conference on September 3, he had deliberately insulted the national anthem and the principles of the constitution and struck a chord with the emotions of the 18 crore people of Bangladesh.

It is necessary to remember that in 1971 lakhs of people of all levels, including youth, students, farmers, workers, army, police, regardless of religion, caste, women and men, sacrificed their lives in a nine-month armed war to make our beloved country Bangladesh free. For this reason, countless individuals and families from all walks of life, including men and women, students and teachers, intellectuals, writers, artists and journalists, have been subjected to indescribable brutality and cruelty by the barbaric invading Pakistani forces and their accomplice Jamaat. That history has been remembered by generations of people of this country and will be remembered in the future. No one should have the right to speak or dare to forget this history.

And by singing the National Anthem 'Amar Sonar Bangla', the freedom fighters took an oath to fight for their lives and fought. Many of them were martyred, many were physically crippled. The National Anthem was a constant source of motivation for the countless freedom fighters who fought. So the National Anthem was practically re-established as the music of our lives through the blood of lakhs of martyrs. Questioning it means questioning the liberation war. The people of this country will not accept it in any way regardless of the party or the students.

The former army officer went missing and was imprisoned for 8 years in the secret detention center 'Ayanaghar' controlled by the state military intelligence. We have always been, and still are, vocal in demanding justice for human rights violations by various state agencies, including the release of missing persons. We want all the former army officers who were detained in the 'Ayanaghar', who were subjected to oppression and torture, to get justice. We hope that the interim government will make their justice a priority. But any attempt to question the National Anthem or the achievement of the liberation war with him is purely objective. Therefore, we call upon those who are trying to raise questions about the Liberation War of 1971 or the National Anthem or who are spreading false information to refrain from such arrogant statements. Otherwise we will be forced to give a bigger program to build public resistance against it.

We would like to remind all quarters that the revolution of lakhs of students against the dictator in July, we call their victory on August 5 the second victory. But if any faction makes any attempt to set this victory against the victory day of 71 or the great liberation war, it must be identified as the enemy of the anti-liberation war and anti-discrimination movement and its glorious victory. So it is with good reason that we strongly urge everyone to be cautious about the activities of this group.

All of us are always alert, vigilant so that the victory of the anti-discrimination movement and democracy won by sacrificing the lives of hundreds of students, children, adolescents and people, cannot be used by any sect or other group for narrow party and group interests. They must be united.

The statement was signed by Dr. Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, Sultana Kamal, Khushi Kabir, Anu Mohammad, Rasheda K. Chowdhury, Adv. ZI Khan Panna, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Parveen Hasan, Adv. Subrata Chowdhury, Professor Dr. Md. Haran-or-Rashid, Adv. Tabarak Hossain, Dr. Shahidul Alam, Shamsul Huda, Rehnuma Ahmed, Dr. Shahnaz Huda, Robayet Ferdous, Dr. Khairul Islam Chowdhury, Ishani Chakraborty, Jobaida Nasreen, Professor Maha Mirza, Samina Lutfa, Dr. Sadaf Noor, Dr. Noor Mohammad Talukder, Mazharul Islam Babla, ASM Kamaluddin, Mofidur Rahman Laltu, Adv. Minhajul Haque Chowdhury, Saleh Ahmed, Monindra Kumar Nath, Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Farha Tanjim Titil, Tasneem Siraj Mahbub, Zakir Hossain, Adv. Saidur Rahman, Barrister Ashraf Ali, Barrister Shahdat Alam, Adv. Nazmul Huda, Adv. MM Khalekuzzaman, Adv. Md. Azizullah Imon, Adv. Prince Al Masood, Adv. Umm Kulsoom, Adv. Shayla Sharmeen, Tapsee Rabeya, Adv. Ajmir Hossain, Dipayan Khisa, Bappi Mashekur Rahman, Hana Shams Ahmed and Muktashree Chakma.