JU suspends 4 students including two BCL men

The Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have suspended four students, including two Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) members of the university unit, centering two separate incidents.

JU Acting Registrar Rahima Kaniz confirmed the matter of suspension through an official order yesterday.

The suspended students are master's students Mazedul Hasan Robin of the chemistry department and Ashraful Islam Dip of the philosophy department; and third-year students Rayhan Patwary of the geological sciences department and Nasim Ahmed of the fine arts department.

Among them, Robin, Dip and Rayhan have been suspended for two years over mugging on the campus while Nasim has been suspended over an incident of sexual harassment on October 29.

In the official order, the suspended students have been announced as “unwanted” in the campus area. They will not be able to stay in the university dormitories and will be handed over to law enforcement officials if found on the campus, the order said.

Among the suspended students, Robin is assistant secretary of JU BCL and Rayhan is a JU BCL activist. They were residents of Mowlana Bhashani Hall and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall respectively.

Dip had involvement with JU BCL two years ago. He became inactive when BCL activists of AFM Kamaluddin Hall drove him out of the dormitory concerning an internal conflict.