The central body of Bangladesh Students’ Rights Council (BSRC) has suspended Convener Hasan Al Mamun over an alleged rape charge.
Confirming the matter, Muhammad Rashed Khan told Dhaka Tribune that Mamun had been relieved from the forum temporarily as part of a decision by the executive council of the body on Wednesday.
A three-member probe body was also formed to investigate the allegation against the suspended chief, a press release signed by Rashed, who is also the joint convener of the platform, stated.
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The members of the committee are Bin Yamin Molla, Dhaka University unit president of BSRC, Tarek Rahman and Rafia Sultana, both joint conveners of the central committee.
The probe committee was asked to submit its findings within 48 hours.
Mamun, a former vice-president of the Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall unit of Chhatra League of Dhaka University, along with five others, was sued in two separate cases lodged by the same plaintiff on Sunday and Tuesday at Lalbagh police station under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, and Kotwali police station under the Digital Security Act respectively.
The other accused include former Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) vice-president (VP) Nurul Haque Nur, Nazmul Hasan Sohag, Saiful Islam, Nazmul Huda and Abdullah Hil Baki, all associated with the BSRC.
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However, Rashed claimed Nazmul Hasan Sohag was not a leader of their organization and that was why he had been excluded from the description of the press release.
Meanwhile, a group of 2016-17 session students of DU, well-wishers of the victim, formed a human chain at the base of Raju memorial sculpture on the DU campus demanding justice for their victimised friend of the Islamic Studies department, where Mamun had been a student (2012-13 session).
The Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council – which spearheaded the quota reforms movement in 2018 – was renamed BSRC on February 17 this year at the second founding anniversary of the organisation.