DU teacher physically harassed
The chairman of the History of Art Department of Fine Art Faculty physically harassed an assistant professor of the same department yesterday.
Assistant Prof Sheikh Monir Uddin alleged that Chairman of the department Nahid Akhtar slapped him following a dispute over breaking the lock of a teacher's room of the same department around 2:00pm.
Monir said the room of Sabrina Shahnaz, a lecturer, was padlocked on February 16 following the chairman's directive to turn it into a seminar room.
Earlier on that day, Monir and Shahnaz went to the vice chancellor (VC) to know the development of the incident.
But when the teachers returned, they saw the lock was broken in the presence of an assistant proctor of the faculty.
They asked the assistant proctor to know the reason of breaking the lock. But the chairman, who was present on the spot, locked into an altercation with them. At one stage, he slapped Monir.
The victim said he would give a written allegation to the VC tomorrow.
Talking to reporters, Nahid said some teachers of the department brought the allegation to tarnish his image and harass him politically.
Following the incident, the teachers of the BNP-backed white panel met the VC to seek justice last night.
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