Seeing the body of the man reminded me again and again of Abrar: Sergis

A young man was beaten to death on suspicion of being a thief in Dhaka University (DU) campus. There is widespread criticism on social media. On the same day, a former Chhatra League leader was beaten to death in Jahangirnagar University (JAB) campus.

These two murders in the country's two largest universities are currently in the headlines.

Netizens are asking why extrajudicial killings will happen in the new country after the fall of the fascist government.

Meanwhile, Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, reacted to the incident in the social media Facebook.

He commented that no one has the right to be beaten to death even if he is a wrongdoer or a tainted accused.

Apart from this, the coordinator also reminded about the murder of Abra in Buet overnight torture in two incidents.

On his verified Facebook page on Thursday, he wrote, “Be it mentally unstable, a thief or a criminal, how can a person have the right or courage to beat someone to death like this? Brutality in the name of mob justice is never justified. Exemplary punishment needs to be set for taking the law into one's own hands."

He also writes, “Who reads where, what he does is not important. Wrong is always wrong. There can be no humanity in those whose bosoms do not tremble even once to beat a water creature to death.”

The coordinator also writes, "Seeing the body of the man, I remembered Buet's Abrar again and again. Let all wrongdoers be judged. No innocent should be punished. Once wrongdoers are acquitted, it sets the precedent for numerous subsequent wrongdoings. No one should get that opportunity in new Bangladesh."

It is to be noted that Shamim Ahmed, a former student of Jahangirnagar University (JABI) and former organizing secretary of the branch Chhatra League, was beaten up on Wednesday afternoon.

When he was taken to Gonoshasthaya Samajbaise Medical College Hospital in Ashulia at around 10 pm, the doctor declared him dead. The deceased was a student of the 39th batch of Shamim University.

On the other hand, the students of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall of Dhaka University (DU) arrested a person on suspicion of being a thief in the same evening. The man was taken to the Dhaka Medical College (Dhamek) hospital around 12 midnight after being beaten several times, and the doctor in charge declared him dead.