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Vol. 5 Num 393 Tue. July 05, 2005  
   
Metropolitan


Jamaat's threat to close down female hostels condemned


Different organisations yesterday condemned the threats of Jamaat-e-Islami to close down the hostels of female students in Bogra town.

In a joint statement, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu and General Secretary Syed Jafar Sajjad demanded immediate arrest of local Jamaat leaders including the district Amir who gave the threats to the owners of female hostels to shut them immediately.

"The anti-women attitude of Jamaat has been exposed clearly through these threats," they said.

As the partners of alliance government, the communal forces including Jamaat are violating women's rights in the country, the statement added.

Workers' Party has also condemned the attempt of Islami Chhatra Shibir to evict the female students from the hostels.

Party President Rashed Khan Menon and General Secretary Bimol Biswas, in a joint statement, said under the leadership of the local ward commissioner, who is a Jamaat leader, the shibir cadres are threatening the female students to leave the hostels.

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad also expressed grave concern over the attempt to evict 200 female students of Bogra Government Azizul Haq College from the private hostels allegedly by Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat.