Ganajagaran long march Sunday over Tonu killing

Ganajagaran Mancha will stage a long march towards Comilla on Sunday demanding the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu as protests continued in various parts of the country.

Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar made the announcement at a programme held at Shahbagh intersection in the city on Friday afternoon protesting the killing of the college girl.

Leaders and activists of the platform blocked Shahbagh intersection for an hour to press home their demand.

Academicians, politicians and socio-cultural activists also joined the protest programme.

Later, they brought out a rally which paraded different streets on the Dhaka University campus.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Nari Sangbadik Kendra (Centre for Women Journalists) formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the morning demanding justice for Tonu.

Kendra president Nasimun Ara Haque Minu, Bangladesh Somoy staff reporter Fouzia Haque Rimi, Daily Inqilab senior reporter Shahnaj Poly, among others, addressed the programme.

In Khulna, speakers at a protest rally here on Friday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Tonu.
They said killings and violence against women like rape are on the rise in the country due to the existing culture of impunity while women are at stake across the country.

Bangladesh Nagorik Odhikar Andolan Khulna and Sujaner Udduog jointly orgainsed the protest rally in the morning.
The speakers said Tonu was killed in a well-secure area, which is really regretful.

They lamented that although four days have elapsed after the killing, police are yet to arrest any suspect in connection with the killing.
The speakers also urged all to come forward to stop such killin

gs in the days to come.

The rally announced that rights and civil society organisations will hold a protest rally at Picture Place crossing of the city on March 27 protesting the Tonu murder.

In Comilla, a group of people, including cultural activists, civil society and students from different education institutions, formed a human chain at Kandirpar in the city in the afternoon demanding the arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers.

Besides, several protest rallies were held in various places of the district protesting the murder.

On the other hand, an emergency meeting was held at the Comilla Deputy Commissioner’s office with law enforcers in the evening.

Talking to reporters, DC M Hasanuzzaman Kallol said they have visited the spot inside the cantonment. “We hope the killers will be identified soon.”

The body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu (19), a second year history student of Victoria College and a member of Victoria College Theatre, was recovered from Comilla’s Mynamati Cantonment area on Sunday night.