DU Sufia Kamal Hall residents sit 9hrs in front of VC's home

Around 50 students of Sufia Kamal Hall of Dhaka University yesterday staged a sit-in for over nine hours in front of the vice chancellor's residence to meet him over some allegations of mismanagement at the dormitory.

They started the sit-in at 1:00pm and continued till around 10:00pm.

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When journalists asked them about their demands, they said they would only inform the VC of it.

However, DU proctor Prof AM Amzad Ali told The Daily Star in the evening that, "The students are reluctant to tell us about their problems in details. They came to the hall to talk about some mismanagement. As the vice chancellor is now outside Dhaka, he could not meet them."

Some students of the dormitory, seeking anonymity, said they had been suffering from various mismanagement for one and a half years.

The students, who were admitted to the hall through administrative process, are harassed by the students who are admitted through "political process", they said.

If they complained to their provost in this regard, she does not help them, students alleged.

When contacted at 10:00pm, Provost Nilufar Nahar Begum of Sufia Kamal Hall, said, "I am now in a meeting."

Later, she could not be contacted over the phone despite several attempts.

"I will comment on the matter later," said DU VC AAMS Arefin Siddique.