Provost of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore of Jahangirnagar University resigned from the post following an attack on quota protesters, allegedly by Chhatra League activists early Monday.
Students of the university, who are staging demonstrations demanding reform of quota system, alleged that the leaders and workers of Chhatra League prevented four residents of the dormitory from joining anti-quota procession that started at 11:30pm and checked their mobile phones in the presence of the provost of the hall professor Nazmul Hasan Talukder.
The protesters were parading the halls of JU with a protest procession and when they were passing the road adjacent to the Rabindranath Tagore hall, some BCL leaders attacked the protesters, leaving at least five of the agitators injured, they alleged.
The injured included Ahsan Labib, Sohagi Samia, Tauhid Siam and Mehrab Sifat. A security personnel was also reportedly injured in the attack.
Among them, Ahsan Labib has been sent to the university medical centre while Sohagi Samia has been sent to Enam Medical College Hospital for primary treatment.
After the incident, vice-chancellor (education) Mustafa Firoz and some teachers on behalf of the administration came to visit the spot.
Mustafa Firoz assured to take appropriate action through investigation and assured that he would sit with the protesting students.
