Politicisation of the attack on Dr. Azad

It is very sad that some self-seeking organisations are trying to have the benefit of "utility maximisation' from this gruesome incident. Both the ruling party and the opposition have their own way to criticise each other, instead of being united for meting out exemplary punishment to the culprits. Now the capture of the assailants seems to be a far cry. The government supporters beat up the students when their beloved teacher was fighting for his life at the CMH. I think it was a very normal reaction when the students became furious at the unspeakable attack on their teacher. But the government should not have tried to stop them from expressing their outrage.

We condemn the attack on Dr. Azad and on the students of Dhaka University and urge all the parties not to politicise this issue for their own benefit. We hope he will recover fully and continue his fight against fanaticism and fundamentalism.