Strike at Ctg vet university over BCL men expulsion
Bangladesh Chhatra League activists lock the gate of the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University yesterday to protest expulsion of party men.Photo: STAR
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) unit yesterday enforced an indefinite strike on the campus protesting the authorities' decisions to expel and punish their nine party men. The university authorities on Saturday expelled five BCL activists for lifetime and punished four other students on charge of assaulting some teachers and staffs of the university. No classes were held at the university and administrative activities came to a halt yesterday as the BCL men locked the administrative building and two academic buildings to enforce the strike. They also physically assaulted a university employee, Jewel Billal, when he went to open the locks at about 10:30am, said Khalilur Rahman, assistant public relation officer of the CVASU. Additional forces of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have been deployed on the university campus to avoid further untoward situation. The students expelled for lifetime were BCL CVASU unit convener Dr Komol Kanti Mazumder, BCL joint convener Dr Md Abdul Momin, Dr Subrata Dey, Dr Md Shahadat Hossain and Dr Abu Hasan Lavlu. CVASU second year student Amit Kumar Das was expelled for two years while Sabuj Kanti Nath was expelled for one year and fined Tk five thousand. Contacted, second officer at Khulshi police station Inam Ahmed said the law enforcers rushed to the campus at about 8:00am and no untoward incident took place till 12noon.
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