Students vandalise VC's vehicle

Some 10 people, including teachers and police members, were injured when agitating students of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University (JKKNIU) in Mymensingh's Trishal went on a rampage and vandalised a microbus carrying its acting vice-chancellor yesterday afternoon, said sources.

The students have been demonstrating for last one month demanding resignation of the vice-chancellor (VC), Prof AMM Shamsur Rahman for his alleged corruption in job recruitments in past years when he was serving as the treasurer, a university source said. A faction of teachers joined the movement later.

When the VC reached the campus after some 12-day break, taken for his illness, to join a meeting of the central admission committee around 12:00 noon, the students besieged his microbus before the administrative building for half an hour, said the proctor, Prof Jahidul Kabir.

On information, Jahidul with proctorial body members and police members rescued the vice-chancellor and the VC left the campus for his Mymensingh town's residence.

The students threw brickbats and broke window panes of the vehicle, said the proctor, adding that the injured were given first-aid.

Humayun Kabir, registrar of the university, said the University Grants Commission on October 26 served the VC with a show cause notice in connection with his alleged corruption. The VC, who assumed the office in August, has already replied, he added.

The admission test is slated for November 19.