Published on 12:00 AM, May 24, 2008

CU student suspended for two years

Chittagong University (CU) syndicate has suspended a Shibir activist for two years on charges of assaulting two teachers in separate incidents.
The Shibir activist, identified as Maksudur Rahman, is a second year student of Bangla Department, sources said.
The syndicate took the decision at an emergency meeting on Thursday following submission of a report by the probe committee formed to investigate into the incidents.
Maksudur assaulted Assistant Proctor Mohammad Alam Chowdhury on May 3 in front of the proctor's office.
Alam Chowdhury noticed that Maksudur was overhearing a meeting between the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) CU unit and the proctorial body outside the office.
The teacher then quizzed the student and asked for his identity card, but Maksudur grabbed his collar and gave him a punch.
Earlier, a group of Shibir activists manhandled Proctor Prof Jasim Uddin on April 30 over a trifling matter on the CU Railway Station premises.
CU syndicate in an emergency meeting on May 4 formed a two-member committee headed by Dean of Biological Science Faculty Prof Mohammad Atiqur Rahman to investigate into the matters.