{"id":2381,"date":"2025-07-26T03:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T03:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:22:30","slug":"sajeeb-wazed-militants-were-involved-in-student-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"Sajeeb Wazed: Militants were involved in student movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The joint forces have seized arms and ammunition in Madaripur and arrested six people, including Milan Sabyasachi, the father of Tushar Sabyasachi, spokesperson of the Madaripur district Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM), with foreign pistols and rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from their own admissions by the killers at different times, this raid again proves that militants infiltrated the students and shot and killed civilians and police, said Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Bangabandhu\u2019s grandson and former ICT adviser to the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast July&#8217;s riots were not a peaceful movement. That is why police were forced to defend themselves,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sajeebwazed\/status\/1948732646541910322\">post <\/a>on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=629\">AL is blamed for mass killings, but Yunus Gang admitted it already<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=507\">Fact-check: How Yunus lies about his complicity in July Conspiracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since August last year, many leaders of the King\u2019s party NCP, ADSM, BNP, Jamaat-Shibir, Hefazat-e-Islam, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish and militant groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir, and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ut-Dawa have publicly admitted their direct involvement in the murders and looting of arms from police stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Crimes Tribunal\u2019s prosecution team did not take these statements into account while pressing charges against the Awami League leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Madaripur, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.observerbd.com\/news\/536047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joint forces<\/a> made the arrests with a large quantity of firearms from the Sadar Upazila early Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrested were identified as Milon Sabyasachi, 54, Kalam Matubbar, 53, Monu Matubbar, 50, Lucky Begum, 45, Parul Begum, 45 and Khadiza Akter, 23. All of them are residents of Ghunshi village in the upazila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting on a tip-off, a team of joint forces, including the Bangladesh Army and police, conducted a drive in several houses in the village and arrested them with illegal firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joint forces also recovered a pistol, an air gun, a magazine, a sawed-off rifle, 125 rounds of bullets, five mobile phones, and a large quantity of locally made weapons from their possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madaripur Army Camp Commander Major Kazi Faisal Faruk confirmed the incident through a press conference. He said that the arrested were handed over to the Madaripur Sadar model police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Awami League President and five-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed the Yunus regime for awarding impunity to the perpetrators who killed her party members, police and ordinary people to malign her government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said police did not take action against the students till July 15 but rather gave them protection. \u201cBut they started anarchy and torched government buildings, the metrorail, the Mayor Hanif flyover, and the state TV station\u2026 They took to the streets with sharp weapons, sticks, and firearms. They killed the police and hanged their bodies from the overbridge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCP-madaripur-tushar-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2383\" style=\"width:636px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCP-madaripur-tushar-1.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCP-madaripur-tushar-1-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NCP-madaripur-tushar-1-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Tushar Sabyasachi, spokesperson of the Madaripur district Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM), welcomes NCP leaders <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn his address in New York last year, Yunus himself said there was no leader in the movement, no leaders. We were also looking for a leader. He introduced a mastermind, Mahfuj Alam, and said the movement was a meticulously designed thing to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have continued the mob rule to date,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said police took action in self-defense to save people\u2019s lives and properties. They can open fire as a last resort as per the law, and the casualties occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolice members tried to save their lives, save arms in the police station, and ensure security at the jails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did not need to give them orders to kill the protesters. The commanding officers do this. Our police showed restraint. They performed their duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey first warned the protesters through whistles, then put up barricades, lobbed tear gas shells, and used water cannons. 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