Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged agitating students to return to home saying vested quarters infiltrated in their campaign for safer road to catch fish in troubled water, reports BSS.
“We are now worried about your security as the perpetrators of arson attacks (in 2014-15) may stage sabotages . . . a quarter is out to catch fish in troubled water,” she said at a function at her Ganobhaban official residence.
Sheikh Hasina said non-student saboteurs were using school uniforms and ID cards while “school uniforms are being sold from (city’s) Gaosia Market and student ID cards from Palashi (market)”.
“The third force has appeared at the scene, if any catastrophe takes place, who will take the responsibility,” the premier said fearing the arsonists might stage identical clandestine attacks leading to loss of lives and serious harm to the children.
“The minor students therefore are under great threat,” she feared and urged their parents and principals and headmasters of their schools and colleges to take back the children from street.
The premier simultaneously urged all “not to pay heed to rumours and be misled by propaganda” and carefully verify any such propagations before taking those seriously.
The students are staging a massive street protest since a speedy bus rammed on two fellow students killing them instantly in front of Kurmitola General Hospital on Airport Road on July 29, 201.
Sheikh Hasina said her government could realize the students’ sentiment as two of their friends lost lives in the last week’s unfortunate bus crash and was “taking all measures to bring the traffic system in order”.
“You have to realize what had happened in Bangladesh in 2014 and 2015. Many students’ sustained critical injuries in arson attacks in those attacks and now those arsonists may stage identical incidents which may claim many lives,” she said.
The premier said law enforcement agencies would check licenses and other documents of vehicles as the Traffic Week began today.
She said the students, if they desired, could voluntarily assist traffic police but abandon their overenthusiastic move of performing themselves as traffic policemen.
The prime minister said the draft of the traffic law would be passed in the next session of the parliament which would have necessary rules for training of the drivers and helpers, leisure of the drivers.