JU authorities took the decision of suspending the four for an indefinite period after a primary investigation, acting JU registrar Rahima Kaniz confirmed UNB over phone.
The suspended students are Shuvashish Ghosh of Bangla Department and Ya Rafiu Shikder, Md Mustafizur Rahman, and Md Sohel Rana of Public Administration. All four are residential students of Shaheed Rafiq Jabbar Hall of the university.
The decision was taken after a master’s student of Journalism and Media Studies Department and campus correspondent of an online news portal Mahmudul Haque Shohag filed a written complaint to JU proctor alleging that he was beaten by those students on September 24.
Mahmudul claimed that the alleged BCL activists beat him when he prevented them from snatching away another journalist in Swimming Pool area of the university on that day.
JU BCL president Jewel Rana said, “We will take action against them immediately”.