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Five leaders and activists of Jahangirnagar University Chhatra League have been temporarily expelled from the university for beating with an iron rod and cracking the head of Saiful Islam Badal, vice president of branch Chhatra League on Thursday. A five-member inquiry committee has been formed for further investigation.
Proctor ASM Firoz-Ul-Hasan confirmed these decisions were made in the emergency meeting of the disciplinary committee on March 23 night. He said, "Five people have been identified and temporarily expelled. The ban will come into effect from today. They are not allowed to stay in the residential hall. The inquiry committee has been asked to submit a report with recommendations within 10 working days."
The expelled students - Imrul Hasan Omi of Law and Justice, Ahmed Galib of Bangla, Qayyum Hasan and Ariful Islam of Philosophy and Tanvirul Islam of Zoology department, are students of the 2017-18 academic year residing in Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and involved with Chhatra League.
Among them, Omi is the Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary, Galib and Qayyum are Co-secretary, Ariful is an Executive Member, and Tanvirul is known as a staffer of the branch Chhatra League.
The inquiry committee is headed by Professor Dr Shafi Mohammad Tareq, provost of the hall no 19. Other committee members are - Alberuni Hall Provost Sikdar Md Zulkernine, Shaheed Rafiq-Jabbar Hall provost Prof. Shahed Rana, Jahanara Imam Hall provost Morsheda Begum. Besides, Deputy Registrar Mahtab Uz Zahid is made member secretary of the committee. They will inquire about all the incidents that started on March 19 and submit a report within 10 working days.
Sheikh Wali Asif Inan, General Secretary of the Central Chhatra League, said over the phone, "Strict disciplinary action will be taken against those involved in such activities. The branch has been asked to expell them from the Chhatra League. They will inform about the expulsion."
After announcing the expulsion from the university administration on Friday (March 24), the branch Chhatra League suspended Imrul Hasan Omi, Ahmed Galib and Executive Member Ahsanul Habib Reza from BCL.
It is known that a discussion seminar on 'Bangabandhu' was going on at Zahir Raihan Auditorium of the University on Thursday at 7 pm arranged by 'Bangabandhu Shikkhak Parishad', a pro-Awami teachers' organisation. At the end of the seminar, Saiful Islam Badol, a student of the 45th Computer Science and Engineering batch and vice-president of the branch Chhatra League, was beaten with an iron rod. Saiful was taken to the university medical centre first and later to a private hospital in Savar, where he had three stitches on his head.
The victim is a resident of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall. The sudden attack occurred due to the ongoing dispute between Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and Rabindranath Tagore Hall students in the last few days.
After this incident, Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall students got excited and wanted to march towards Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and were stopped by the proctorial team of the university at Jobayer Soroni.
Later, the injured student filed a written complaint with the proctor accusing the expelled fives, and an emergency meeting of the disciplinary committee was held at night.
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