33 RU students penalised for disciplinary violations including ragging, threatening
The university has warned that any student, including those allowed to remain on probation, will face permanent expulsion from the university if found involved in further misconduct
The Rajshahi University (RU) administration has penalised 33 students for their involvement in various criminal activities, including ragging, threatening others, and other violations.
The disciplinary actions were recommended by the university's disciplinary subcommittee and approved unanimously during a meeting of the Disciplinary Board, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Saleh Hasan Nakib on 11 December 2024. The decision received final approval at the 535th syndicate meeting on 12 December 2024.
According to a press release issued by the university's Public Relations Office yesterday (21 December), the offences included direct attacks on members of the anti-discrimination student movement, conspiracy, incitement, intimidation, seat trading in residential halls, forcing female students in dormitories to chant slogans, breaking into rooms and occupying them, holding meetings late at night after forcing students out of bed, blackmailing students, theft, substance abuse, and physical and psychological torture.
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Other violations included playing loud music that disrupted studies and sleep, searching personal belongings such as mobile phones and pen drives, issuing death threats, and engaging in various forms of harassment and cruelty.
The university has imposed varying penalties based on the severity of the offences: six students have been permanently expelled, with their certificates to be cancelled if they are no longer enrolled; five have been expelled for two years; four for one year; and two for one semester, with one of them also fined Tk 5,000.
Additionally, one student has been fined Tk 5,000, while 14 students have had their residential privileges revoked. Five students have been allowed to remain in halls on a probationary basis.
The university has warned that any student, including those allowed to remain on probation, will face permanent expulsion from the university if found involved in further misconduct.
