A former leader of Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, was beaten to death by students of the university on the campus on Wednesday night.
The deceased Shamim Ahmed alias Shamim Molla鈥攁 39th batch student of the university鈥檚 history department used to reside at a village adjacent to the university campus.
Shamim breathed his last at about 11:50pm at Gonoshasthaya Hospital in Savar, around two hours after being beaten up by students on the campus, said police.
He was the organising secretary of the Jewel-Chanchal committee of JU BCL.
Earlier at about 9:30pm on the day, a group of students beat Shamim severely at the Joy Bangla gate of the campus over the charge of allegedly leading an attack on anti-quota protesters in front of JU vice-chancellor鈥檚 residence on July 15.
Security officials in charge in the area said that Shamim was later, taken to the office of the university proctor aiming to 鈥榩roduce him before justice鈥�.
The students also alleged that Shamim was involved in drug dealing, land grabbing, and extortion on the campus and in the nearby areas.
Witnesses said that Shamim was beaten brutally with wooden sticks a second time once JU proctor AKM Rashidul Alam 鈥榝orced鈥� to open the lock of the room鈥攚here Shamim was kept confined.
A team of Ashulia Police Station rescued Shamim at about 10:30pm after lodging a case against him under section 22, 26, 41, 42 of the Code of Criminal Procedure amid 鈥榮tudents鈥� demand鈥�.
Quoting a duty doctor of Gonoshasthaya Hospital, officer in-charge of Ashulia Police Station Abu Bakor Siddiqui said, 鈥楽hamim died on the way to the hospital.鈥�
However, JU proctor AKM Rashidul Alam termed it as an 鈥榰nnatural death鈥�.
鈥楽hamim got on the police van on his own and it is hard to believe that he lost his life on the way to hospital,鈥� the proctor claimed.
He also declined the allegation of allowing a mob to beat Shamim at his office.
JU vice-chancellor Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan is yet to make any comments over the death.
Meanwhile, protests escalated across the campus demanding justice over the death and stopping 鈥榤ob justice鈥�.
A group of students brought out a procession on the campus at about 1:30am, demanding justice and punishment for those responsible for the killing.
The Student Movement Against Discrimination also announced a demonstration protesting at the killing.
