Vandalising Bagha Jatin’s statue: Koya College principal among 3 held – National – observerbd.com

Three suspects have been arrested for questioning in connection with vandalising the statue of anti-British revolutionary leader, Bagha Jatin, at Kaya College in Kumarkhali in Kushtia on Friday.

The arrested persons were taken to the police station concerned for questioning on Friday.

They were Kaya Bagha Jatin Degree College’s president Advocate Nizamul Huq Chunnu, principal Harun-ur-Rashid and night-guard Khalilur Rahman.

Earlier, miscreants vandalised the statue of anti-British revolutionary leader Bagha Jatin installed at Kaya College in Kumarkhali of Kushtia sometime after Thursday midnight, just two weeks after vandalising the under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the same district town.

They smashed the nose and some parts of the right cheek of the statue during the night, police said.

Locals said they found the statue of Bagha Jatin, installed at the college premises, smashed on Friday morning. Then they informed police about the matter.

Kushtia additional superintendent of police Atiqul Islam Atique said, on information, a team of police went to the spot to inspect the matter.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Rajibul Islam Khan said the miscreants broke some portions of the face and nose of the statue. “We have succeeded to arrest the culprits after vandalising Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s under-construction sculpture in Kushtia town, and we will also be succeded to find out the persons responsible for smashing Bagha Jatin’s statue.”

Kumarkhali Police Station’s OC Mojibur Rahman said police went to the spot receiving information from the locals at about 11:00am. “Different departments of the administration including the intelligence agency of Kushtia Police have already started working on the matter. Those who are responsible will be brought to justice as quickly as possible,” he said.

Meanwhile, receiving information, Kushtia deputy commissioner Md Aslam Hossain, Police Super SM Tanveer Arafat and additional district magistrate Sirajul Islam visited the place of occurrence at Kaya College. A three-member probe committee has been formed with additional deputy commissioner as convener to investigate the matter.

It may be mentioned that Jatindranath Mukherjee, or Bagha Jatin [Born: 7 December 1879 – Died: 10 September 1915), was a freedom fighter. Jatin was born in village Kaya under Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. In 1900, Jatin married Indubala Banerjee of Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia. He died in 1915 at the age of 35.