An HSC second year student of Chittagong University College was critically injured as the college principal caned him indiscriminately Wednesday allegedly for smoking.
The student, Sadiqur Rahman, was admitted to a private hospital.
Enraged, a group of students vandalised classrooms and furniture on the college premises.
Campus sources said Sadiqur along with his friends had a smoke at the Law Faculty teacher’s canteen and made a ruckus. At this, acting principal Kiran Chandra Deb caned them indiscriminately.
With critical injuries, Sadiqur was first taken to the campus medical centre and later shifted to a private hospital at Hathazari.
The acting principal said he had caned the students as they were smoking at the Law faculty’s teacher’s canteen.
Assistant Proctor Anwar Hossen Chowdhury said it was a misunderstanding between the students and the teacher. They later settled the matter, he claimed.
