Activists from different wards and thana units of the JCD, the student wing of ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), joined the DU JCD workers in the watch.

BCL, the student wing of main opposition Awami League (AL), yesterday threatened to enforce an indefinite student strike and shut the administrative work at DU from July 1, if the vice chancellor (VC), pro-VC and the proctor do not resign by June.

The overall situation on the campus however was less tense yesterday, as the BCL leaders and activists did not show up.

JCD GUARD
Mainly the JCD workers from outside were tasked with guarding the campus yesterday. The entryway to DU near High Court Intersection was guarded by Ramna thana JCD men while workers of Lalbagh thana and Shibbari JCD patrolled Palashi, Shaheed Minar, Bakshi Bazar, and Chankhar Pool areas.

Activists of different hall units JCD were relieved of their duty to guard the campus and dormitories yesterday while a large number of JCD activists were at the Madhu's Canteen to keep watch inside the campus.

Some of the top JCD leaders told The Daily Star yesterday that JCD activists of different hall units would resume the surveillance today to make sure the BCL men cannot enter the campus.

ROOM OCCUPIED
A group of Shahidullah Hall unit JCD activists yesterday occupied room No. 2028 of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-backed BCL DU unit President Mohammad Selim Hossain, and looted valuables, said a hall source.

BCL PRESS CONFERENCE
BCL President Liaqat Sikder at a press conference yesterday demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the JCD leaders and activists for repeatedly attacking the general students as well as BCL men.

He demanded immediate withdrawal of the case filed against BCL leaders.

BCL leaders speaking at the press conference held at Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal office also demanded action against Officer in Charge of Ramna Police Station Mahbubur Rahman and compensation for the students injured in 'JCD and police atrocities'.

The BCL will stage countrywide demonstrations today. Besides, it will hold rallies at the Central Shaheed Minar on June 6 and at city's Muktangan on June 8 to press home its demands.

CASES
The JCD is preparing to file as many as four more cases against the BCL activists. In one of those cases, four teachers of the Institute of Fine Arts will be implicated along with the BCL men, said DU unit JCD President Hasan Mamun.

BCL had filed three criminal cases against four teachers of the Institute of Fine Arts and 47 JCD leaders including DU unit president and general secretary for unleashing violence on the campus.

DUTA
Dhaka University Teachers Association Presdient Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday demanded judicial probe into the recent spate of violence on DU campus. He said Duta will take initiative to bring back normalcy on the campus if the authorities fail in this regard.

PROBE BODY
The nine-member probe committee, three members of which have already quit, will sit at the DU Treasurer's Office at 10:30am today. DU Treasurer Prof Syed Rashidul Hasan, also the head of the probe body, will discuss with the other members the probe procedures. Prof Hasan said it will not be possible to submit report by tomorrow, the day when the time frame for the probe ends.

VC'S CALL
DU VC Prof SMA Faiz yesterday said if anyone is identified as involved in the violence by photographs published in different newspapers, action would be taken against him.

Disciplinary actions would be taken also on the basis of the probe body's interim report, he said adding that the authorities will expel from the university the students responsible for the violence.

He called on the student organisations to sit for a solution through discussion. He said he has already talked to DU unit JCD leaders in this regard.

Both the JCD and the BCL however appeared to have not budged an inch on their earlier stances. JCD DU unit General Secretary Saiful Islam Firoz said they will allow the BCL men into the campus only if they apologise to students and are punished for the Tuesday's bomb blast.

BCL General Secretary Nazrul Islam Babu said, "It is impossible to sit down with them (JCD). We will certainly get into the campus. How many days will they stand guard?" Another BCL leader said they will resist the JCD men if they are found outside the campus.

BUS HELPER ON REMAND
The helper of the minibus that crushed DU female student Shammee Akhter Happy to death on May 28 at Shahbagh intersection was taken on a day's police remand yesterday. The driver and owner of the bus are at large even after a week since the tragic accident.

The helper, Aslam Hossain,22, was arrested Thursday at city's Badda area. Police produced him before a court yesterday, seeking a remand for five days.

OPPOSITION'S PROTEST TOMORROW
The AL and its allies will hold simultaneous demonstrations across the country tomorrow protesting the police and JCD atrocities on general students of DU.

AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil in a statement yesterday condemned the JCD attack on BCL activists in different educational institutions during the countrywide student strike on Thursday.

Jalil demanded immediate and exemplary punishment to the JCD activists responsible for attacks on general students and BCL activists.