Allegation of Sexual Abuse

JU students' memo to VC

JU Correspondent
General students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged a demonstration on the campus yesterday demanding immediate impartial investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment on a female student of Bangla department by a teacher of the same department.

They also submitted a memorandum to Vice Chancellor Prof Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman demanding exemplary punishment to the teacher.

The university administration formed a three-member probe body headed by Prof Sikandar Dara Shamsuddin of Geography and Environment department to prepare a report in seven days.

On November 16, a female student submitted a written complaint to Bangla department Chairperson Prof Sauda Akhter, where she alleged that one of the teachers of the department sexually abused her at his office.

She further alleged that she had to leave the campus in the face of continuous threat on her life and reputation.

Meanwhile, the students of Bangla department will announce protest programmes today to press the demands while Jahangirnagar Sangskritik Jote began signature campaign at all dormitories of the university.