HC asks for all records

The High Court yesterday asked for all records related to the alleged sexual harassment of a Dhaka University female student by a psychology department teacher.
The court also stayed operations of a new enquiry committee formed by the DU authorities for three weeks. The committee was looking into sexual harassment allegations against Md Kamaluddin, an associate professor of the university.
He allegedly harassed the student of the same department at his office room on March 3, 2003.
On April 7 this year, the DU authorities formed the new enquiry committee headed by Prof Harunur Rashid, pro-vice-chancellor of DU, dissolving the first enquiry committee, which was headed by then vice chancellor Prof AFM Yusuf Haider.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Md Delwar Hossain delivered the ruling.
It also issued a ruling upon the DU authorities to explain within two weeks as to why the formation of the new enquiry committee should not be declared illegal.
The bench came up with the ruling in response to a writ petition filed the victim student. She also urged the HC to direct the DU authorities to initiate a criminal case against Kamaluddin.