Jadavpur University: Army-like Fatigues Group Enters University, Police Complaint Lodged – News18

A complaint was lodged in Jadavpur police station on Thursday a day after a group of men and women in camouflage gear like military personnel entered Jadavpur University and positioned themselves outside its administrative headquarters. Jadavpur University officiating vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau told reporters that the group claimed themselves as representatives of a human rights group. Sau, however, asked them to introduce themselves through a written communique along with their credentials.

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A police officer said a complaint was lodged at Jadavpur police station against one Quazi Sadeque Hossain, the self-styled secretary general of ‘Asian Human Rights Society’, who along with 25-30 others entered the campus on Wednesday afternoon in army uniform.

“Around 4.20 pm, a person identified as Quazi Sadeque Hossain, who claimed himself as the secretary general of ‘Asian Human Rights Society,’ along with 20-30 others entered the campus in army uniform,” the official said, adding the complaint was lodged by a sub-inspector of the police station.

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The leader of the group along with two others later went to Sau’s chamber and left soon afterwards. “They had introduced themselves as a human rights group. As they had sent a communique to me for a meeting, I gave them time. I asked them to provide their credentials in writing,” Sau told reporters.

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