Jahangirnagar University has temporarily expelled 289 students and nine teachers for supporting, attacking and inciting attacks on students during the anti-discrimination student movement. At the same time, a committee has been formed to further investigate the incident.
The decision was taken at the university's syndicate meeting on March 17. The meeting was chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Kamrul Ahsan.
The accused students have been punished in three categories. These include temporary suspension of current students, suspension of results of students who have completed their exams, and suspension of certificates of former students.
The suspended teachers include former Pro VC (Education) Mohammad Mostafa Firoz; former proctor Prof Alamgir Kabir; Associate Prof ASM Firoz-ul-Hasan (Department of Government and Politics); former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Prof Bashir Ahmed; former proctor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall Prof Israfil Ahmed; Associate Prof Mehedi Iqbal (Department of Geography and Environment); Prof Hosne Ara (Department of History); former proctor of Rabindranath Tagore Hall Najmul Hasan Talukder; and Prof Mohammad Tajuddin Sikdar (Department of Public Health and Informatics).
Additionally, the syndicate revoked the pension benefits of former VC Dr Nurul Alam and former registrar Dr Abu Hasan due to their alleged involvement in facilitating the police attack on students.
Two officers and one staff member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall had also been suspended.
The syndicate also decided to rename Sheikh Mujib Hall, Sheikh Hasina Hall, and Sheikh Russel Hall in response to student demands, with a committee to be formed for finalising the new names.
