JU hall provost resigns after ‘BCL attack on quota protestors’
UNB
Publish: 15 Jul 2024, 05:31 PM
Jahangirnagar
University, July 15 (UNB)- Provost of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore of
Jahangirnagar University resigned from the post following an attack on quota
protestors allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists in the early
hours on Tuesday.
Students of the
university who are staging demonstrations demanding reform of quota system
alleged that the leaders and workers of Chhatra League prevented four residents
of the dormitory from joining an anti-quota procession that started at 11:30 pm
and checked their mobile phones in the presence of the provost of the hall
Professor Nazmul Hasan Talukder.
The protestors were
parading the halls of the university with a protest procession and when they
were passing the road adjacent to the Rabindranath Tagore hall of the
university some BCL leaders attacked the protesters, leaving at least five of
the agitators injured, they alleged.
The injured included
Ahsan Labib, Sohagi Samia, Tauhid Siam and Mehrab Sifat. A security personnel
was reportedly injured in the attack.
Among them, Ahsan Labib
has been sent to University Medical Center while Sohagi Samia has been sent to
Enam Medical College Hospital for primary treatment.
After the incident, Vice
Chancellor (Education) Mustafa Firoz and some teachers on behalf of the
administration came to visit the spot.
Meanwhile, the
Vice-Chancellor assured to take appropriate action through investigation and
assured that he will sit with the protesting students at 11 am.
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