Professor Saiful Islam, chairman of Theatre and Performance Studies department of Dhaka University, has been fired from his job for his involvcement with an incident of sexual harassment.
The decision came from a syndicate meeting over the matter, DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique informed the Media.
Earlier on September 15, 2014, claiming himself not guilty, Dr Saiful submitted his resignation letter and demanded a fair probe over the allegation of sexual harassment against him.
According to the students, the victim student had been asked to meet the department head several times since September 8, citing that she had gotten poor marks in examinations and needed consultancy.
After getting the phone calls from the department, the student talked to her department teacher several times Mrs Wahida Mallick Jolly over the issue.
Later on September 13, the student again received a phone call from the department head and went to meet him around 3:53pm.
At one stage of talking, the teacher allegedly tried to harass her sexually. Later, the victim managed to flee the scene. She also recorded the conversation between her and the department head and made his classmates listen to it.
After listening to the recorded conversations, the general students became agitated and submitted a three page complaint paper to the VC and Proctor of the university along with a recorded disk on September 14, demanding immediate punishment of the accused.
As the university authority delayed in responding, the students of the department locked the chairman at his office. Later, DU Proctor Amjad Ali unlocked him and promised a fair probe over the issue.