The authorities at Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday filed a case against a leaders of the university’s Bangladesh Chhatra League unit for physically assaulting a teacher.
“A case has been filed with Ashulia police station for attacking Urban and Regional Planning Department chairman Golam Moinuddin on Thursday night,” JU Registrar Abu Bakr Siddique told the Dhaka Tribune.
On Thursday night, JU unit Chhatra League press and publication secretary Mamun Khan, who is a student of the URP department, assaulted the department chairman on a personal conflict.
Later, around one hundred members of the JU Teachers’ Association (JUTA) staged demonstration on the campus protesting the incident.
JU authorities immediately suspended Mamun Khan and declared him unwanted on the campus. They also served him a show cause letter asking him to explain, within 48-hours, why authorities should not expel him permanently.
“Authorities has issued a 48-hour show-cause letter to Mamun Khan and the university syndicate body would arrange permanent punishment against him in the next syndicate meeting,” said JU Proctor Prof Muzibur Rahman.
Source said Chhatra League leader Mamun Khan was a postgraduate student with the 37th batch of the department.
Mamun reportedly requested the department to organise a special test for himself and two of his friends on special considerations. His demand was instantly denied by the department chair Golam Moinuddin.
Sources also suspect the incident might be an outcome of his frustration with the denial of a special test by the department head.
Meanwhile, the accused has admitted to the allegations and claimed the department has also threatened to strip him of his honours degree.
