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The authorities of Rajshahi University’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall decided to recommend the university administration to expel one leader and two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, from the university for their involvement in beating up a hall security guard.

They took the decision in a meeting held on Tuesday evening with the hall provost, professor Jahangir Alam.


Professor Jahangir Alam told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· on Wednesday that they decided to recommend the university authorities to expel the three BCL activists and take legal action against them as they had beaten up the hall security guard, Monirul Islam, in front of their eyes in broad daylight.

On Sunday morning, a group of people led by RU BCL Suhrawardy Hall unit vice-president Atikur Rahman and activists Sunny Hazari and Azizul Haque beat Monirul on suspicion of providing information about Atik’s movement in the hall to the Chhatra Shibir and Chhatra Dal activists.

Atik also threatened hall provost professor Jahangir Alam over the phone for not cooperating with him over the hall’s matter, the provost said.

The Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall authorities, meanwhile, also formed a three-member probe committee headed by house tutor professor Anupam Hira Mondol to investigate BCL two factions’ clash at the hall on early Sunday that left at least nine activists injured.

Professor Jahangir Alam said that he asked the committee to submit its report in two working days and they would take necessary action in this regard.

He said that they also asked the non-residential students and outsiders to leave the hall by Thursday noon.

Earlier, two factions of Chhatra League clashed on the university campus early Sunday over sitting in the guest room of Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall.

During the clash, BCL activists, wearing helmets and carrying machetes and sticks, exploded six crude bombs, leaving nine of them injured.

The duo groups faced off against each other at Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall early Tuesday following Sunday’s incident.

Meanwhile, the central committee of the Chhatra League expelled four RU unit leaders for their involvement in Sunday’s clash.

The expelled leaders are vice-president Shahinul Islam Sarkar Don, joint general secretaries Niaz Morshed and Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq, and organizing secretary Kabiruzzaman Ruhul.