JU assistant proctor assaults 2 students
Assistant Proctor of Jahangirnagar University Mohibur Rouf Shaibal, along with some students, yesterday allegedly assaulted two of the protesters demanding removal of the vice-chancellor.
Nazir Amin Chowdhury Joy, president of JU Student Union, one of the two assaulted students, said they were staging the protest in front of the old Arts and Humanities building in the morning, demanding removal of Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam for alleged corruption.
“He [Shaibal] gathered a bunch of students and attacked some of the protesters. He grabbed me in an attempt to remove me from the faculty gate,”
Joy alleged.
The Daily Star obtained a video clip of the incident that showed Shaibal dragged Joy to the ground and took him away from the protesters.
In the footage, Shaibal was saying, “Let’s go. Let’s move.”
Joy submitted a written complaint to the proctor in this regard.
Meanwhile, a second-year student of drama and dramatics department -- Chamelia Sharmin Chura -- submitted a written complaint demanding punishment of some students for assaulting her during the protest.
“Assistant Proctor Shaibal instigated some students and carried out an attack on us,” she said in her complaint.
Contacted, Shaibal denied the allegations and said, “Rather, I suffered injuries”.
He said, “I did not grab Joy by his collar. I rather held him by the shoulders and moved him from the spot.
“Someone kicked me eight to ten times at that time.”
However, the footage that this newspaper obtained did not show anything of that sort happened to Shaibal.
The assistant proctor further said that he suffered injuries near his urethra (urinary passage) and was being treated at Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar.
Bangabandhur Adarsher Shikhakh, a teachers’ platform backed by the VC, also issued a statement in this regard, saying Shaibal was “seriously wounded” by the protesters.
FRESH PROTEST FLARES UP
Soon after the news spread among the students, they broke off into separate groups and started chanting slogans against Shaibal.
Professor Rayhan Rhyne of Philosophy department, also a spokesperson of Jahangirnagar Against Corruption, condemned the attack.
He said that it was “tragic” that a teacher could do this to a protesting student.”
At a press briefing, he said, “VC’s removal is the only solution to reduce the crisis. So, we will continue our protest until the VC is removed.”
In the evening, a concert was also held in the university’s transport area in solidarity with the protest. It was the third day of all-out strike on the campus.
A section of teachers and students have been staging demonstration on the campus demanding VC’s removal since September 18 over corruption.
On the other hand, JU unit Chhatra League yesterday brought out a procession demanding “free environment for classes and examinations”.
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