A Dhaka court has again rejected the bail petition of Mahfujur Rashid Ferdous, an associate professor of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, in a case of sexual harassment of female students.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order on Sunday afternoon.
Another court had denied bail to Mahfujur on May 16.
On May 7, Mahfujur admitted to his crimes before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Qazi Kamrul Islam. The court sent him to jail after recording his confession.
Later, the authorities of the university expelled him on May 9.
The case was filed by university's alumnus and brother of a victim, Asafudoullah Sayem, on May 3 with Kalabagan police under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Mahfujur was suspended on April 30 after the students placed documentary evidence against him. He was also serving as an assistant proctor of the university.
The university authorities have launched an inquiry into the allegations.
A former student of the university, Mahfujur joined the EEE department as a lecturer on May 19, 2001.
Friday, June 05, 2026
