Remove BAU proctor, demand students
Progatishil Chhatra Jote, a combine of left-leaning student bodies, brought out a procession in the town yesterday afternoon demanding removal of the proctor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and withdrawal of the expulsion orders against nine students of the university.
The jote leaders blamed the proctor for allegedly assaulting female activists of the jote when they were staging a demonstration on the campus protesting admission fee hike on October 9.
At least 20 students belonging to Samajtantrik Chhatra front (SCF) and other left-leaning student bodies were also injured as BCL activists swooped on the demonstrators in front of BAU administrative building on the day.
The university (BAU) authorities on Tuesday temporarily expelled nine students belonging to Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) for, what the administration dubbed, misbehaving with teachers on October 9.
However, the authorities did not take any such action against Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists who allegedly attacked and injured at least 20 students belonging to SCF and other left-leaning student bodies when they were staging a demonstration protesting admission fee hike.
BAU Proctor MA Salam said primarily they were found guilty of misbehaving with the teachers during a programme of an organisation in front of the administrative building on October 9.
Salam said he along with some other teachers rushed to the spot but the agitating students assaulted assistant proctor Nasreen Sultuna.
The students also misbehaved with some other teachers on the spot and at one stage, they snatched away my camera and damaged it, he said.
Denying the allegation of assaulting female activists of Progatishil Chhatra Jote, the proctor said he was trying to recover his cellphone that was snatched by a female student during the incident.
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