Recruitment ‘anomaly’ at IU: Conversation between pro-VC, official goes viral

A general diary (GD) has been filed with Islamic University police station after the WhatsApp conversation between the university’s pro-vice-chancellor Professor M Mahbubur Rahman and its deputy registrar (admin) Chandan Kumar Das went viral on social media Facebook.

M Shohel Rana, the personal secretary of the pro-vice-chancellor, lodged the GD with the university police station on Monday, Islamic University police station officer-in-charge M Mamunur Rahman said on Wednesday, as per UNB reports.

According to the case statement, some screenshots of WhatsApp containing a conversation between pro-VC M Mahbubur Rahman and deputy registrar Chandan Kumar Das regarding the recruitment of a gardener in exchange for Tk 0.8 million (8 lakhs) went viral from a Facebook account named ‘IU Viral News’ on Sunday night.

The screenshots were made as a part of the conspiracy against the pro-vice-chancellor, the case statement said.

Professor M Mahbubur Rahman said that the screenshots shared on social media were completely ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’. A vested quarter tried to harm his career by spreading the false information, he alleged.

Earlier, a total of 14 audio clips containing conversations between IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam and different persons went viral on social media from February 16 to June 13 last year.

IU acting registrar HM Ali Hasan filed a GD after an audio conversation between IU VC and a jobseeker of the university’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department went viral on February 17.

On March 14, 2023, another audio clip of a conversation between HM Ali Hasan and a contractor went viral on social media.