A fourth year student of the Pharmacy department of Jahangirnagar University was allegedly beaten up by a student in Bangabandhub Sheikh Mujibur hall on Saturday morning. Victim Md Abrarul Haque Abrar said that he was assaulted on 3rd floor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall which is his residence by a fellow student Mubtasin Fuad of   Law and Justice Department as he called him by mistaken name"Rifat".Abrar added he was beaten three times. Abrar lodged a verbal complaint to hall authority. According to the verbal complaint, hall provost, warden and other teachers called an immediate  meeting and heard both complainant and accused on that day around 2:45 pm. Read: Complaint lodged against JU VC for graft Hall authority urged deescalation between them and dismissed the case. Accused student Fuad didn’t deny the accusation. Provost Dr.Israfil Ahmed said: "We didn’t receive any written complaint from the victim. If he submits any then we will proceed according to the Student Act of Jahangirnagar University." However, victim Abrarul Haque said,"l agreed to highlight mutual positives due to the hall provost and other teachers' insistence and pressure. I was pressurised to do it and don’t want to talk anymore about it."

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