Assault on Teacher: RU student held in DSA case
Police yesterday arrested Rajshahi University student Ashik Ullah, who assaulted a teacher of the law department.
The university authorities handed him over to police around 4:00pm, confirmed Motihar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Anwar Ali Tuhin to The Daily Star.
"We later showed him arrested in a case under the Digital Security Act, which was filed by the teacher Prof Begum Asma Siddiqua," said the OC.
Quoting the case statement, the OC said, "Ashik Ullah earlier posted several defamatory posts against Prof Asma and other teachers of the department using a Facebook page."
Earlier in the day, the RU authorities suspended the master's student residing at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall on the same charge.
RU proctor Prof Ashabul Haque said Ashik had been violating university discipline for a long time. Earlier, he misbehaved and allegedly gave death threats to his teacher and classmates.
Students of the law department demonstrated and demanded that Ashik be expelled.
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