Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- General students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday burned effigies in protest against what they termed defamatory and false remarks made by a Jamaat-e-Islami leader targeting the university and its female students.

The protesters burned effigies of Barguna District Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Md Shamim Ahsan at the foot of the Raju Memorial Sculpture around 7:00pm.

The protest followed comments allegedly made by Shamim Ahsan during an election rally on Saturday night, where he described the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) as a "drug den and brothel".

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