RU teacher narrowly escapes attempt on life

Prof Faridul Islam of marketing department yesterday filed a general diary with Boalia Police Station and sought security of his life. Seven armed terrorists chased Prof Farid at the city's Upashahar areas at around 10:00pm while he was returning home from RU Juberi Bhaban. Later, locals of Assam Colony rescued him.

He suspected the attempt might have relations with the students' agitation programmes protesting 'illegal' recruitment of eight teachers against two advertised posts in the department.

At around 9:45pm, Farid started for home by a rickshaw from RU Kajla gate. As he suspected that somebody was following him, he took his student Abdul Alim Babu with him.

Minutes later, they noticed that five miscreants in two motorcycles had taken position near Sericulture Training Institute barricading their road.

Sensing danger, his student asked him to run and at a stage, they jumped into a pond. Later they took shelter at a house at the other end of the pond, Farid narrated before police.

RU proctor, student advisor and other officials rushed to the spot and escorted him to home.

While speaking with the newsmen, Prof Farid said that somebody was threatening him and his family members over phone for several days.

He informed the matter to RU Vice Chancellor Prof Altaf Hossain, Registrar Prof Abdus Salam and Proctor Enamul Haque and demanded security.

He said that a candidate who was not appointed as a teacher gave death threats to other teachers of the department. The teachers who received death threats are Prof Golam Rabbani Mondol, Nuruzzaman, Rafik Azad and Rabiul Islam.

Another threat recipient teacher Nuruzzaman said, they suspect that they are receiving threats as they instigated student movement against controversial candidates.

Teachers of marketing department called an emergency academic committee meeting today over repeated threats by terrorists while students of the department will launch fresh movements against controversial candidates.