Omar Faruk Chowdhury, MP of Rajshahi 1 constituency, allegedly threatened to depose Rajshahi University VC Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin at the VC’s office yesterday over a fine of Tk25 lakh to a medical college.
Sources at the VC’s office told reporters that MP Faruk, the president of Rajshahi district unit AL, threatened the VC after being denied a meeting.
The VC was busy in a selection board meeting. At 1:15pm, after the meeting ended, MP Faruk along with his secretary entered the VC’s office and started berating Mizanuddin using abusive language.
MP Faruk asked for a clarification from the VC for fining Shah Makhdum Medical College (SMMC), which is under Rajshahi University authority.
MP Faruk is chairman of the governing body of SMMC, which was recently fined by the RU authority for alleged irregularities.
When contacted, VC Mizanuddin told the Dhaka Tribune that such behaviour is totally unexpected from a public representative. “MP Faruk also threatened to remove me from my post,” the VC added.
When contacted, the MP’s Personal Secretary Faruk Dipayan Sarkar Dip confirmed that there was an altercation with the VC over the matter of the fine.
