Torture of student: IU suspends Sanjida, 4 other BCL activists
The decision was made at an emergency meeting with the university’s student disciplinary committee
The Islamic University authorities on Saturday suspended a leader and four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League's university unit as they were found involved in torturing and intimidating a fresher at a dormitory.
They were suspended following a High Court order in this regard, an official of the IU registrar's office said.
The decision was made at an emergency meeting with the university's student disciplinary committee held on the campus in Kushtia with IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam in the chair.
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The expelled students are- IU BCL unit vice-president Shanjida Chowdhury Ontora of the statistics department and her associates Tabassum Islam and Maobiya Jahan of the finance and banking department, Halima Khatun Urmi of the fine arts department, and Israt Jahan Mim of the law department of the university.
Among others, IU pro-vice-chancellor Professor M Mahbubur Rahman, treasurer Professor M Alamgir Hossain Bhuiya, proctor Professor M Shahadat Hossain Azad and acting registrar HM Ali Hasan were present in the meeting.
On 12 February night, a group of BCL activists led by Ontora and her cohorts went to the victim, first-year student Fulpori Khatun's room and assaulted and tortured her.
Ontora, at one stage, forced the victim to get undressed and videoed the incident on her mobile phone.
The BCL leader also threatened that she would make the video viral on social media if the victim discloses the matter to anyone.
The victim lodged a written complaint with the university administration, including the university proctor, student adviser and the hall provost, demanding punishment of those involved in the incident on 14 February.
A writ petition was also filed by Gazi Mohammad Mohsin, an alumnus of the university and a lawyer, with the High Court.
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Islamic University authorities to suspend its five female students who were found involved in the torture and humiliation of the first-year student.
The HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order.
The court also asked the university authorities to remove the provost from the dormitory.
