Chhatra League leader detained in Baliadangi after bid to lock college gate and call a strike

A leader of the banned Chhatra League has been detained in Baliadangi, Thakurgaon, accused of locking the main gate of Samir Uddin Smriti College and putting up strike posters. The incident took place in front of the college gate at around 11am on Tuesday.

The detained man, Arif Hasan, is the general secretary of the Samir Uddin Smriti College unit of Chhatra League. Activists of Chhatra Dal detained him and later handed him over to the police.

Ilias Ali, convener of the upazila Chhatra Dal, said they had been on alert at various places in the upazila since the morning.

According to Ilias Ali, Arif Hasan was seen locking the main gate of the college, putting up strike posters and taking photographs from outside. Chhatra Dal activists and leaders of BNP's associate and affiliated organisations then chased him and detained him.

After the detention, Arif Hasan was handed over to the police of Baliadangi Police Station. Police said he is being questioned at the station.

Abdul Hakim, sub-inspector (investigation) of Baliadangi Police Station, said a leader of the banned student organisation Chhatra League has been detained. He is being interrogated, he said.

Ilias Ali said Chhatra Dal will not allow any programme of Chhatra League to succeed in this upazila. We are in the field following the prime minister's instructions, he said.

Chhatra Dal leaders said they had been on alert at various places in the upazila since the morning to stop programmes of the banned organisation.