Tanvir, his wife taken off exam duties

The former husband of a Rajshahi University (RU) teacher, who apparently committed suicide on September 9, and his wife have been barred from taking part in exam duties for the next five years.

The RU Academic Council, headed by the vice-chancellor (VC), took the decision at a meeting yesterday after an allegation of Tanvir Ahmad getting examination answer sheets evaluated by Soma Dev proved true, Pro-VC Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan told The Daily Star.

“A teacher does not possess the authority to get answer sheets evaluated by any of their family members...it is a breach of students' privacy,” he added.

Some eight students of the mass communication and journalism department scored nil in the third year in-course exam of 2015.

The department's academic committee withdrew Tanvir from academic activities on September 22.

On September 19, some 16 of 21 teachers in the department stated to have no confidence on him and accused him of continuing to torture Akter Jahan Joly after the divorce.

Joly's body was found in her Juberi Bhaban campus quarters. She reportedly left a note there, stating she committed suicide for “mental and physical pressure”.