Terming the Dhaka University acting proctor a liar and deceiver, Bangladesh Chhatra Union yesterday demanded that he resigned immediately.
The student body claimed that Amzad Ali had been providing fabricated information about the sexual assault on the university campus on Pohela Boishakh.
It also accused Amzad of concealing information, adding that he had not properly discharged his duties and was holding others responsible for the incident to avoid his own responsibility.
Addressing a press conference at Madhur Canteen, Bangladesh Chhatra Union President Hasan Tarek said: “Regarding the Pohela Boishakh incident, the proctor said there was no proof of that in the CCTV footage and none except Liton Nondi noticed what had happened. He also denied that any vehicle had moved on the campus on that day. But his statements were proved fabricated after police released the CCTV footage.”
He said the proctor had instantly been informed of the incident but he refused to go to the scene to save the women by arguing that he could have done nothing even if he went there.
Hasan said a boy named Sabbir Sajib took some pictures from the scene but the vice-chancellor had directed him not to post those on the internet.
But the vice-chancellor, Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, rejected the allegation, saying: “Chhatra Union is trying to direct people’s attention away from what had really happened.”
He also said he had not talked to anyone about the pictures.
The Chhatra Union president presented a six-point demand at the press conference, including exemplary punishment of the offenders and policemen who had failed to discharges their duties and complete security on the university campus.
Hasan also announced further programmes, including countrywide demonstrations for today, procession from Aparajeyo Bangla to Curzon Hall tomorrow and submission of memorandum to the Home Ministry On April 21.