DB  chief Harun refuses to meet university teachers inquiring about their students in police custody

Staff Correspondent: A delegation of the University Teachers Network went to the DB office on Saturday afternoon to inquire about the three coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud and Abu Baker Majumdar.

The members of the delegation stayed there for about 20 minutes and went back after Detective Branch (DB) Chief Harun-or-Rashid did not meet with them.

Giti Ara Nasrin, professor of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University, said, “We have come to know from the media that three students of our university have been brought here from the hospital for ‘more security’. We came to know why he was brought here from the hospital.”

“When we came here, the DB chief was inside the office and he was informed too. But he didn’t meet us,” she alleged.

She also said: “We are the teachers of the university, we are also the guardians of the students, it is very simple that the whole matter should be transparent, we will be told what happened. But he didn’t talk to us.”

Saimum Reza Talukder, a teacher in the law department of BRAC University, said that the students were picked up because of security issues.

“But the question is why DB custody? Why did they not return to their families? A man’s safest place is his family. If security is to be provided, then security should be provided around his house, security should be provided to his family,” he said.

Earlier, the three key coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement were picked up from a hospital in Dhaka on Friday afternoon.