VC of BSMMU 'assaults' pro-VC
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Vice Chancellor Prof Kamrul Hasan Khan yesterday reportedly assaulted a pro-VC of the institution over publishing of a report on nurses' recruitment in a Bangla daily.
“The VC pushed me in the chest and pressed against a wall at a meeting at his conference room where the proctor of the university also verbally abused me,” Pro-VC [Academic] Prof ASM Zakaria Swapan alleged.
Both the VC and Proctor Prof Habibur Rahman Dulal denied the allegations.
“It is a blatant lie. Why will I assault him? I only wanted to pacify the pro-VC who had an altercation with the proctor during a meeting,” said the VC.
The proctor alleged that the pro-VC along with several others went to his office to beat him up.
Swapan, however, refuted the allegation.
At the meeting chaired by the VC, the pro-VC asked the proctor to leave as he was not entitled, prompting the proctor to refuse and engage in a conflict, meeting sources said.
Prof Sharfuddin Ahmed, another pro-VC (administration), who was at the meeting, said they became embarrassed over the incident. He said during the altercation between Swapan and Dulal, the VC tried to hold the pro-VC to calm him down.
“But I did not see whether the VC assaulted the pro-VC. It [assault] might happen during the time to calm the situation,” he said.
Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station, told The Daily Star that the incident occurred due to internal feud of two groups of the university teachers.
The factions engaged in chase and counter-chase on the campus following the incident, the police official said.
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