A group of students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have vandalised a mural of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and defaced graffiti of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The student first gathered in front of the Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture around 11:15pm on Wednesday with slogans ‘Mujibad, Muradbad, Awami League er Astana Benge dao Gurie dao "Down with Mujibism, Destroy the Awami League's stronghold."

Later, they removed the nameplate of Sheikh Hasina Hall calling her a murderer.

Subsequently, the students also went to the institute and vandalised Sheikh Mujib's murals and erased graffiti of Sheik Hasina from the wall of Al-Beruni Hall.

During the protest, Yahya Jisan, a JU student and convenor of Jahangirnagar Reform Movement, said fascist Sheikh Hasina has been living in India and sending messages to the people that she will return.

“She has conspired against the country while residing in India. But we will not accept this conspiracy. We demand that Sheikh Hasina be brought back to the country immediately and tried for genocide. We also call for the issuance of a notification banning the Awami League within the next week,” he said.

Sheikh Mujib’s mural, AL office vandalised in Chuadanga

Nazmul Hasan, a student from the Department of Anthropology, said they do not want to preserve the memory of Mujib, who has been used by Sheikh Hasina to establish her fascist rule.

“Through this act, we want to send a message that anyone who becomes a fascist like Hasina will face the same fate," he said.

Mizanur Rahman, joint convenor of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's university unit, said Hasina has used these symbols to strip the people of Bangladesh of their rights for long.

“We are permanently erasing these symbols. Even after fleeing the country, she is conspiring to destabilise it (country). We demand that the government bring her back to the country and ensure her public trial as soon as possible,” he added.