Students punished by KU say they were wronged
Stage protest, give deadline to change decision
A section of students of Khulna University (KU) yesterday demanded cancellation of the authorities' decision to take punitive action against 34 students.
Giving a 72-hour ultimatum, they warned of tougher agitation if the authorities did not meet their demand by the deadline.
The university reopened yesterday after remaining shut for over two months.
The authorities on June 8 decided to permanently expel four students and take punitive measures against 30 others for their involvement in an untoward incident on the campus on April 5.
Yesterday, some 100 students including the punished 34 formed a human chain on the campus to press home their demand.
During the three-hour programme that began at about 10:00am, the agitating students urged the general students of the university to join them.
But their move fell flat, according to witnesses.
The four students, who were expelled from the university, yesterday denied their involvement with the incident.
They said the university authorities took an one-sided action against them.
KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Saifuddin Shah, however, told this correspondent that they took action against the 34 students giving them a chance to appeal against the decision.
The four students permanently expelled from the university are Abir Hossain Talukder of Urban Planning, Golam Faruque of Social Science, Saiful Islam Bappi of Business Administration and Zakaria Jaber of Architecture department.
Besides, seven students have been expelled for two years and fined Tk. 15,000 each, in default, to face expulsion for more one year, 13 students for one year and fined Tk 15,000 each while 10 others fined Tk 15,000 each as their involvement was proved beyond doubt by the probe committee.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor formed a seven-member committee on April 6 to probe the untoward incident of April 5.
On April 5, a few students of the university locked in an alteration with flexiload shop owner Shahnewaz over non-payment of dues.
At a stage it turned into a fierce clash between two groups forcing the authorities to shut the university indefinitely.
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