Rangpur: Rangpur Metropolitan Islamic Chhatra Shibir (ICS) unit today held a huge protest procession demanding trial of the July-August massacre and immediate ban on ISKCON for brutal killing of a lawyer. The organization took out the protest procession from Rangpur Carmichael College Gate and passed through the main gate of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) and ended at the Modern Mour Intersection this afternoon. Tens of hundreds of students from different schools, colleges, madrasas, and universities joined the procession. According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, later, Rangpur Metropolitan ICS Secretary Nurul Huda conducted a massive protest rally held at the Modern Mour Intersection. Rangpur Metropolitan Shibir President Golam Zakaria, Rangpur district Anti-Discrimination Student Movement Member-secretary Dr. Jamil, its Joint Secretary Sajjad, Rangpur District ICS (south unit) President Mehedi Hasan, Carmichael College unit President Mehedi Hasan, Rangpur District ICS (north unit) President Moza hidul Islam, and BRUR unit ICS President Sohel Rana addressed the rally. Sohel Rana stated that the student community will unite again and thwart any attempt to destabilize the country. Referring to getting true justice for every citizen who was martyred in the July 2024 mass uprising, Golam Zakaria expressed concern as people have not yet seen the trial of the murderers. He emphasized that the student community will not allow the alleged plotting by Sheikh Hasina in India to turn Bangladesh into a communal state. Demanding a ban on ISKCON, Golam Zakaria differentiated between ordinary Hindus and ISKCON, accusing the latter of conducting militant activities. He called upon Hindu brothers to raise their voices against ISKCON. Joint Secretary Sajjad echoed these sentiments, labeling ISKCON as a reincarnation of fascist cohorts and accusing them of the medieval-style killing of lawyer Advocate Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram. Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Sports Secretary of the central committee of ICS, claimed that ISKCON is trying to incite ethnic clashes and urged Hindu brothers to speak out against the organization, labeling it a terrorist entity. He pledged that the protest will continue until ISKCON is banned.
