The Lalon Shah Hall administration of Islamic University in Kushtia appointed a three-member probe committee Sunday to investigate the alleged incident of a residential student getting kicked out of the hall by activists of the university's Bangladesh Chhatra League unit.
Mahadi Hasan, a third year student of finance and banking department of the university, was ousted from the Lalon Shah Hall by a group of BCL activists, hardly one month after a fresher of the same department was tortured and humiliated by its vice-president Shanjida Chowdhury Ontora and her four cohorts at Deshratna Sheikh Hall.
IU Lalon Shah Hall provost Professor M Obaydul Islam formed the probe body to be led by house tutor Professor M Helal Uddin.
The hall’s house tutor Partha Sharothi Laskar and assistant proctor Professor Shariful Islam Jewel are the two other members of the probe body.
The body was asked to submit its reports within seven working days, the hall provost said.
The hall administration would take necessary steps in this connection against the accused involved in the incident after getting the report from the probe body, he added.
Earlier, a group of IU BCL unit activists including Torikul Islam Torun and Razu of Bangla department and Fahim Faisal of development studies, loyal to IU BCL general secretary Nasim Ahmed Joy, asked Mahadi to meet them.
He met the BCL activists who forced him to leave the room, asking who permitted him to get hold of the seat.
They also threw out his valuables including books and belongings from the room.
Mahadi later lodged a written complaint against the BCL activists with the hall provost on Saturday.
On February 12 night, a first-year female student of the finance and banking department was reportedly tortured and intimated by IU BCL unit vice-president Shanjida Chowdhury Ontora and her cohorts, including Tabassum, Mim, Urmi and Maobiya in Deshratna Sheikh Hasina Hall on the campus in Kushtia.
Ontora, at one stage, forced the victim to undress and videoed the incident on her mobile phone. She also threatened the victim that she would make the video viral on social media if the victim disclosed the matter to anyone.
The incident drew huge protests in Islamic University as well as other educational institutions across the country.
Meanwhile, the university authorities on Sunday morning brought out an anti-ragging rally on the campus with a view to creating awareness among the students of the university.
The rally ended in front of the university’s Mrittunjoyee Mujib Mural after parading the main roads of the campus.
Addressing the rally, IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam said that the university authorities would take stern action against any student found to be involved in torturing and humiliating anyone on the campus.