Student stabs SUST teacher

A professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology was stabbed by a student on campus yesterday.

The injured is Prof Neaz Ahmed, 45, of the department of social works.

Oyes Ahmed, a masters student of the same department, attacked Neaz when the latter was about to enter his office around 10:30am, said Ishfaqul Hossain, registrar of the university.

Neaz then rushed into his office and locked the door. Oyes somehow broke into the room and slashed at his head and arms with a machete, said the registrar.

Prof Neaz, also a vice-president of Sust Teachers' Association, was taken to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

His condition was improving but he was still not out of danger, said doctors there.

Students caught Oyes and gave him a beating before handing him over to police.

Oyes was also undergoing treatment at the same hospital in police custody, said Officer-in-Charge Gausul Hossain of Jalalabad Police Station.

The university registrar filed a case against Oyes with the police station.

Although the motive behind the attack was unclear, police said Oyes claimed that the professor used mentally torture him.

As the news of the attack spread, students of the department of social works locked the department gate and boycotted exams and classes.

They held a demonstration in front of the administrative building for couple of hours from around noon. At one point, they vandalised a car.

Sust Teachers' Association called for a work abstention on Sunday. They also demanded stern action against Oyes within 10 days.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, allegedly Bangladesh Chhatra League activists assaulted Anwar Hossain, a lecturer of the department of Geography and Environmental Science, and also beat up at least five students, witnesses said.

Anwar tried to prevent the Chhatra League men from beating up a student, they added.

Anjan Roy, vice-president of the Sust unit of Chhatra League, denied involvement of any Chhatra League men in the assault.

Additional police had been deployed on the campus.