Machetes recovered from DU dorm roof
Some 12 sharp weapons were recovered yesterday from the roof of Dhaka University’s Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall.
A packet wrapped in fabric containing the weapons was found by dorm cleaners when they were cleaning the roof in the morning, said a notice issued by the dormitory’s provost office.
Provost Prof Nizamul Hoque Bhuiyan said residential students of the hall might have left the locally-made machetes there, amid dorm authorities’ drive the previous night to oust outsiders.
“It did not come from outside, “the provost told reporters.
A probe body comprising two house tutors of the dormitory was formed to investigate the incident, he added.
Earlier on October 8, police arrested two former Chhatra League leaders with yaba, a pistol and other sharp weapons from Mohsin Hall.
DU authorities on October 23 suspended four students including the aforementioned duo for possessing drugs and firearms.
They are Hasibur Rahman, a fourth-year student of Institute of Education and Research; Imran Hossain, fourth-year student of World Religion and Culture; Iftekharul Islam Tusher, fourth-year student of Pali and Buddhist Studies; and Abu Bakar Alif, first-year student of the Philosophy department.
University authorities served show-cause notices to the four, asking them to explain by seven working days why they should not be expelled from DU.
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