The probe body formed by the University Grants Commission has found evidence of corruption and irregularities committed by the Islamic University vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam.
The UGC probe team submitted the report to the UGC and the Ministry of Education recently, Professor M Abu Taher, head of the investigation committee and a member of the commission, said on Wednesday.
Abu Taher said that some allegations brought against the Islamic University vice-chancellor were found true. They also found evidence of the allegations against him, he said.
Based on the probe report, the ministry of education would take further steps against the vice-chancellor, he added.
A UGC member said that if stern action was taken after the probe, such VCs would not have got the scope of doing such irregularities again.
鈥楽ome of them have become reckless in the absence of punishment,鈥� said the UGC member.
Abu Taher, however, refused to disclose what actions they had recommended against the VC.
Contacted, IU VC Shaikh Abdus Salam said that he did not know anything about the committee report. 鈥業 don鈥檛 even believe it,鈥� he added.
On November 1, 2023, the University Grants Commission formed a three-member probe body headed by its member Professor M Abu Taher to look into the allegations of corruption and irregularities brought against the Islamic University vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abus Salam.
The probe body, however, went to the university and started its investigation on January 22 this year.
Earlier, a total of 14 audio clips, containing conversations between IU VC and different people, went viral on social media from February 16 to June 13 last year.
On February 17, IU acting registrar HM Ali Hasan filed a general diary with Islamic University police station after an audio clip, containing conversation between the VC and a jobseeker from IU mass communication and journalism department, had gone viral.
In an audio conversation, shared from a Facebook account named Farah Jebin on March 8, VC Abdus Salam was heard saying to a person over phone that he would make his relative first or second in the university鈥檚 economics department recruitment board.
The Islamic University Teachers鈥� Association and Awami League-backed teachers鈥� alliance 鈥楽hapla Forum鈥� submitted a written petition to the VC, requesting him to explain his audio conversations, leaked on February 18.
Later, the forum also sought the prime minister鈥檚 intervention regarding the issue.
