AUST teacher suspended over 'sexual harassment'
A teacher of the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) has been suspended following allegations of sexual harassment of two female students of the university.
The university authorities took the decision at an emergency meeting yesterday amid students' demonstrations demanding suspension of the teacher.
Campus sources said the students of the university staged demonstrations in front of the campus for suspending an associate professor of the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE), around 11:00am for sexually harassing two female students of the university.
Earlier, two complaints were lodged with the head of the Department of EEE in this regard.
Later, the chairman of department informed the matter to Vice-Chancellor Prof MM Shafiullah of the university.
The meeting also decided to investigate the allegations and take further action against the teacher after getting the probe report.
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