More than a hundred students of Prime Asia University clashed with police in front of Gate No. 1 of the Bangladesh Secretariat.

On Tuesday (January 7), more than a hundred students took a stand on the road in front of the National Press Club demanding a permanent campus and the resignation of the chairman of the Board of Trustees. The incident occurred when they went to the Secretariat.

Prime Asia University students took a stand on the road in front of the National Press Club from 2:30 pm today demanding a permanent campus and the resignation of the chairman of the Board of Trustees. They stayed there for about 30 minutes. Later, they moved towards the Education Building.

It is learned that a four-member delegation of Prime Asia University students went inside to meet the Education Adviser. They were supposed to meet the Education Adviser at 4:30 pm. More than a hundred students were waiting outside. Those students who were waiting got into an argument with the police. Later, the police resorted to lathicharge. Later, the police fired two rounds of blank fires to bring the situation under control.

No friendly country can shelter the killer of the people of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has been remarked by BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu.

He said this at a civic rally organized in front of the National Press Club on Tuesday (January 7) on the occasion of Felani Murder Day under the initiative of the 'Save the Country, Save the People' movement.

Addressing the interim government, Shamsuzzaman Dudu said, 'India is trying to prevent good elections in Bangladesh and prevent a political government from coming to power. You should not fall into that trap. Hasina fell into that trap and she was out of the elections. We support what Dr. Muhammad Yunus said about elections at the end of this year and the beginning of next year. If we can hold the elections within that time, we will have to walk towards the elections to overcome the crisis that has arisen in Bangladesh. Price spiral in the market, deterioration of the law and order situation, stagnation of business and commerce, and unrest among the people. If we can hold elections within this time, I hope we will be free from these crises. So now the government should make arrangements for elections without delay.'

The former convener of the Krishak Dal said, 'Bangladesh considers India as a friendly country. We have not taken any steps against them so far, which has shown any resentment towards a friendly country. But India has not considered Bangladesh a friendly country. If I bring forward the events of 53 years today, it will seem that whenever India has taken any steps so far, no friendly country can take them. Yet India claims that they are our friendly country. The Indian army has looted the weapons that the Pakistanis had left in 1971. They have looted the country's resources in various ways. '

He said, 'One of the leaders of Southeast Asia, the proclaimer of Bangladesh's independence, martyred President Ziaur Rahman, established friendly relations with Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and formed SAARC to develop Bangladesh. But due to India's non-cooperation, SAARC is on the verge of extinction.'

The former president of Chhatra Dal said, 'The massacre that the students and the public carried out in the mass uprising five months ago. That murderous dictator Sheikh Hasina was sheltered by another country of murderers who killed Felani. They are killing Bangladeshis on the border. India, a country that claims to be our friend, has sheltered the murderer of the common people of our country.'

He said, 'Bengalis are a nation of heroes. I don't think India will be spared if it once turns against this injustice of India. This nation has defeated the trained Pakistani army. They say that India made us free after fighting for seven to ten days. They claim that 10-15 thousand of their soldiers died, and I pay tribute to them. But that does not mean that these 14-15 thousand people gave us freedom. This country became independent in exchange for 30 lakh martyrs in this country. And these 30 lakh martyrs are citizens of this country. India's claim is a vain claim, the claim that India makes is not the claim of a friendly country. Felani was shot and killed, a teenage girl and hung her on a barbed wire for five days. Just as Sheikh Hasina made fun of staying in power, India made fun of the Felani murder trial. They have set a murderer free.'

'Save the country, save the people' movement president KM Rakibul Islam Ripon also spoke at the civic rally, while BNP Chairperson's adviser Habibur Rahman Habib, Workers Party General Secretary Saiful Haque, Labor Party Chairman Lion Faruk Rahman, Krishak Dal leader SK Sadi, Abdur Razi and others.

The court has ordered the seizure of 18 flats in different parts of Dhaka belonging to former Chairman of Padma Bank Limited Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat, his wife Anjuman Ara Shahid, and son Chowdhury Rahib Safwan Sarafat.

Dhaka Senior Special Judge Md. Zakir Hossain (Galib) issued this order on Tuesday (January 7) following an application by the ACC.

Apart from the flats, the court also ordered the seizure of houses and plots, including land, in the names of Nafiz Sarafat and Anjuman Ara Shahid.

The attached assets include a 20-storey house in Gulshan, one in Gulshan, four in Dhaka's Cantonment Bazar, one in Nikunja North Residential Area and 50 percent of a flat in Bashundhara Residential Area, two plots in Nikunja, two and a half kathas in Kathaldia, Badda, 20 kathas each in Kaliakoir, Gazipur, 8.25 percent land in Gazipur Sadar, 4.95 percent land in Joar Sahara in Nikunja, and 7.5 kathas of land in Rajuk Purbachal plot, Rupganj, Narayanganj.

Anjuman Ara Shahid owns a four-storey house on seven and a half kathas of land in Bashundhara Residential Area, one in Panthapath, one in Gulshan Link Road, one in Mirpur DOHS, one in Shahjadpur and 50 percent of a flat in Bashundhara Residential Area, three kathas of land in Nikunja, two and a half kathas of land in Kathaldia, Badda and 8.25 percent of land in Gazipur Sadar. The court has ordered the attachment of three flats in Banani and four in Baridhara in the name of Rahib Safwan Sarafat.

The ACC investigation team's head, Deputy Director of the Commission Masudur Rahman, had applied for the attachment of these immovable assets.

The application states that an investigation is underway against Nafiz Sarafat and others on various charges including bribery, corruption, fraud, abuse of power, cheating customers and embezzling about Tk. 887 crore in collusion with each other through themselves. A review of the information collected about the alleged perpetrators revealed that information about immovable properties in various parts of the country was found in the names of Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat, his wife Anjuman Ara Shahid, and his son Chowdhury Rahib Safwan Sarafat, and they are absconding. 

'India's BSF shot dead my daughter and who was hanging like a bird on a barbed wire. It has been 14 years, and I have not received justice for that either. How much longer do we have to wait for justice?' Jahanara Begum, the mother of Felani, a teenager who was killed on the Kurigram border, was saying these words while standing in front of Felani's grave and wiping her eyes with the edge of her saree. She also said, 'The previous government gave a lot of hope. They will prosecute my daughter's murderer. But nothing happened. Now the new government has come. If only they would arrange justice. I want the government to prosecute Felani's murderer.'

Expressing the family's poverty and their helplessness, Jahanara Begum said, 'Every year when the death anniversary comes, I go to the UNO, I go to the DC. But I have not received any help for two years. I am struggling to educate my children. But I have no job. Please arrange a job for my son. Even if it is a small job, then at least we will be able to live for the rest of our lives.’

On January 7, 2011, 14-year-old Felani Khatun was brutally murdered by BSF gunfire while crossing the barbed wire fence at the Anantapur border in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram. Felani’s bloody body hung on the barbed wire for four and a half hours. India’s ‘border policy’ has come under severe criticism from various media outlets and human rights organizations at home and abroad. Faced with international pressure, the Indian Border Security Force arranged for the ‘trial’ of accused BSF member Amiya Ghosh. Later, on August 13, 2013, the trial of Felani’s murder case began in the General Security Forces Court in Cooch Behar, India. Felani’s father Nurul Islam and uncle Hanif testified in this BSF court. On September 6 of that year, the BSF special court acquitted accused Amiya Ghosh. Later, Felani's father rejected the verdict and demanded a retrial. When the trial resumed on September 22, 2014, Felani's father testified again in court on November 17.

On July 2, 2015, the court again acquitted Amiya Ghosh, a self-confessed accused of Felani's murder. In 2015, Felani's father Nurul Islam and renowned Indian human rights activist Kiriti Roy filed a joint writ petition in the Supreme Court of India, rejecting the verdict that acquitted BSF member Amiya Ghosh, who was accused twice. But the writ has not been disposed of even today after being postponed one after another.

The latest hearing of the writ was scheduled for January 7, but the date has been postponed again. The new date for the hearing has been set for January 29, said SM Abraham Lincoln, a former public prosecutor (PP) of Kurigram and human rights activist who has accompanied Felani's father to India several times, as well as providing legal advice to Felani's family. Quoting Indian human rights activist Kiriti Roy, he said, "The date has been postponed again. The new date on the agenda is January 29." I think the Indian High Court will hear the writ petition and do justice. If Felani's family gets justice, no one will win or lose. It will be a victory for human rights.

SM Abraham Lincoln said, "Amiya Ghosh is a self-confessed murderer. He said he died in his own firing. Punishing the murderer is justice, acquitting is not justice. We did not get justice in the BSF court. The Indian High Court is accepted all over the world. If they do justice, it will protect the Indian state law. It will provide protection for Indian citizens in border management. It will be a victory for humanity, there will be no question of anyone's defeat."

Shariful Hasan, Associate Director of BRAC's Migration and Youth Platform, said, "Every death is tragic and killing without reason at the border is even more tragic. The Felani murder has become a symbol of extrajudicial killings at the border, which has stirred people across the country. It is important to bring this murder to justice.' He also said, 'Whereas in the countries of the world, we are building barbed wire along our borders, such incidents are rare in South Asian countries. Neighboring countries should enhance mutual relations.'