Ctg Vet University Reopens Amid Chaos
VC confined to residence
Academic activities at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) resumed yesterday amid fresh threat of closure as leaders and activists of Chhatra League (BCL) put the vice chancellor's office under lock and key.
Besides, the BCL men confined vice chancellor Dr Nitish Chandra Devnath to his residence on the campus and barred the teachers, officials and employees from meeting him.
The university reopened yesterday after three and a half months of closure.
Campus sources said, classes were held at some departments yesterday with few students.
Agitating BCL and General Students Forum vowed to continue their agitation until their demand for resignation of the VC is met.
“We kept the VC office under lock and key and allowed none of the teachers, students and employees to communicate with the VC,” forum convener Kamol Kanti said adding they would stop agitation as soon as the VC steps down.
Contacted, VC Nitish Chandra Devnath told this correspondent that academic and administrative activities resumed yesterday. He alleged that the agitators confined him to his residence and now manhandling the university staffs for trying to meet him.
“They manhandled an administrative officer of Research and Training Institute of the university in the morning,” he said.
“I had talks with the ministry before opening of the university and we would soon hold a meeting to take next course of action,” he added.
The authorities closed the university sine die on December 14 last year following an indefinite strike enforced by General Students Forum and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) demanding resignation of the VC on charge of corruption and nepotism.
The authorities in an emergency syndicate meeting on Wednesday last decided to reopen the halls on Saturday to resume classes on Sunday.
The authorities also asked the students, who have been occupying the halls defying syndicate orders, to vacate the dormitories within 24 hours of the notice issued on Wednesday evening.
But the agitators defied the order again. They did not leave the hall and decided to bar the VC from all administrative activities.
Meanwhile, CVASU Officers' Association will begin a two-day work abstention today protesting manhandling of Research and Training Institute staff Chamak Chandra by the agitating students yesterday and administrative officer Ajit Kumar on Thursday.
The association leaders at a meeting in the afternoon decided to observe the programme from 10.00am to 12.00 noon today and tomorrow demanding security of the staffs on the campus.
Association convenor and university registrar Dr Sultan Mahmud chaired the meeting.
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