RU students overturn sculptures in protest

RU Correspondent: A section of students of Faculty of Fine Arts of Rajshahi University (RU) displaced and reversed sculptures in a bid to realise their demand for showcasing their works properly on the campus.

The students reversed the sculptures on the premises of the Faculty of Fine Arts early Tuesday.

Confirming the matter, Md Mostafizur Rahman, Professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts, said miscreants did not displace and reverse the sculptures. It is the students of Ceramic and Sculpture department of the Faculty who displaced and reversed the sculptures here and there. But they did not break any sculpture.

Some of the sculptures were put in front of the university teachers rooms, he said.

Moreover, many teachers and students criticised the way of the protest saying that such pieces of art should not have been handled this way.

“Why did they destroy our work instead of going for a strike?” questioned a female student of the faculty.

They should have used the traditional mode for staging a protest, she added.

Terming it unacceptable, Dr Mostofa Sharif Anwar, head of the faculty, told risingbd.com that how can a protest be staged in the darkness of the night?

“We have primarily identified seven students including Yusuf Ali and Imran Hossain Anik, both in their final years, who displaced the arts works,” he said.

In the current situation prevailing across the country, such mode of protest is unacceptable, he added.

risingbd/DHAKA/Apr 18, 2017/Mehedi Hasan/Amirul