A fresher of Finance and Banking department of Islamic University in Kushtia allegedly tortured by the university unit Bangladesh Chhatra League was brought to campus for the third time under tight security on Wednesday to testify before probe committees as per the High Court directive.
The victim came to campus with her father 10 days after she had been tortured and intimidated by IU unit BCL vice-president Shanjida Chowdhury Ontora and other activists of the student wing at Deshratna Sheikh Hasina Hall of the university on the night of February 12.
A university car of IU proctorial body carrying the student arrived on the campus at around 12:30pm. She was taken directly to the Deshratna Sheikh Hasina Hall to testify in front of the inquiry committees appointed by the hall authorities and the university from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
The accused, IU BCL unit vice-president Shanjida Chowdhury Ontora, her cohorts Tabassum, Israt Jahan Mim, Halima Khatun Urmi and Maobiya, also faced the probe bodies.
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IU proctor Professor M Shahadat Hossain Azad said that additional police personnel were deployed on the campus for the security of the victim.
The victim, however, left the campus after her meeting with the probe committees, said the proctor.
Talking to journalists, the victim said that she would come to the campus whenever the probe bodies would ask her to meet them.
She wanted punishment for the accused who tortured and intimidated her inhumanly, she added.
Ataur Rahman, father of the victim, said that he enrolled his daughter only for study at the university, but he felt agony when he heard that his daughter was tortured by a group of the IU BCL unit activists led by its vice-president Ontora.
He also demanded immediate punishment of the accused involved in the incident after proper investigation.
The accused made no comment when approached.
Accused BCL leader Ontara and activist Tabassum left the hall following the High Court order on Thursday.
The victim met the inquiry committee formed by Kushtia district administration on Monday.
On February 12 night, a group of BCL activists led by Ontora and her associates went to the victim’s room and reportedly assaulted and tortured her.
Ontora, at one stage, forced the victim to get undressed and took video of the incident on her mobile phone.
The BCL leader also threatened that she would make the video viral on social media if the victim disclosed the matter to anyone, according to the complainant.
The victim lodged a written complaint with the university administration, including the university proctor, student adviser and the hall provost, demanding punishment of those involved in the incident on February 14.
A writ petition was also filed by Gazi Mohammad Mohsin, an alumnus of the university and a lawyer, with the High Court on Thursday.
The HC on the same day ordered the accused to leave the hall and the university administration to look into the matter seriously, and submit a report in this regard within the next 10 days.
It also asked the deputy commissioner of Kushtia to form a three-member probe body to further investigate into the incident, and submit a report within the next seven days.