City Desk :
The Bangladesh Federation of Private College Honours-Masters’Teachers Central Committee has called for exemplary punishment of the police officers involved in the attacks on teachers of private colleges in front of the Shikkha Bhaban on Thursday.
The organization also announced plans to hold human chains in every district on October 23 and 24.
This demand was made at a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity Auditorium, reports media.
The statement was read by Nekbar Hossain, the president of the Central Committee of the federation.
The statement said: “We have been peacefully staging various protests, including human chains and sit-ins, for a long time to draw the government’s attention to our demand for inclusion in the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. In continuation of this, we held peaceful human chains and sit-ins in front of the main gate of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) from October 15 to 17. On October 17, at 4:30pm, we announced our ‘March to Jamuna’ program.
“The law enforcement agencies prevented us from advancing, so we sat down on the road. During this, we offered prayers when the call for the Asr prayer was heard. After learning about the illness of the education adviser and the chief adviser, we prayed for their recovery.
“At that moment, police officers, led by DC Masud of Shahbagh police station, attacked us from behind, coming from the direction, using water cannons, sound grenades, tear gas, and indiscriminate baton charges. We strongly condemn and protest this incident and demand justice for those involved, including DC Masud.”