The authorities at Dhaka University have suspended four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists from the university for allegedly harassing a female journalist on Monday.
The public relations department of the university issued a press release in this regard yesterday evening.
The suspended students are sociology student Taslim Hasan Tuhin, criminology student Ali Abbas, peace and conflict studies student Kamrul Hasan Sumon and disaster management and vulnerability studies student Shahariar Nazim Shaon.
Four other students – philosophy students Bahauddin Radik and Shahariar Sonnet, Urdu student Addul Hakim Bakul, and banking and finance student Atikur Rahman – were sent a show-cause notice by the vice-chancellor.
All eight are first-year students at the university and followers of Maksud Rana Mithu, president of Chhatra League’s Hazi Mohammad Mohsin Hall unit.
“A probe body will be formed soon to investigate this incident, and steps against the accused will be taken after the body submits the report,” said DU acting proctor M Amzad Ali.
The assault took place during the celebration of Bangladesh’s win over England in a group match of the ICC World Cup 2015; Chhatra League activists of Mohsin Hall reportedly beat DU Journalists’ Association President Masum Billah and harassed the female journalist from the United News of Bangladesh (UNB).
The DU proctorial team reportedly detained two of the culprits on the spot and handed them over to police.
