Jahangirnagar University authorities reconstituted the probe body formed to investigate the lynching of a former student on the campus amid a series of protest against the previous probe body members for their 鈥榪uestionable鈥� stance over the incident.
A JU notice, signed by registrar ABM Azizur Rahman on Thursday, said that the fresh committee was directed to identify the instigators and attackers on JU former student Shamim Molla, also a former organising secretary of the JU unit Bangladesh Chhatra League.
The committee was also directed to submit its report with recommendations for punishment within next 15 days.
Professor Muhammad Tareq Chowdhury of the philosophy department was named as chair while deputy registrar Abu Taleb was named as member secretary of the fresh committee.
Other members of the committee are professor ANM Fakhruddin of environmental sciences, professor Emran Jahan of history, professor Amina Islam of journalism and media studies, associate professor Ariful Haque of marketing and associate professor Kamrul Hasan of government and politics department of the university.
Earlier on September 20, the university administration formed a five-member probe body, headed by archaeology department professor Swadhin Sen, to investigate the death of Shamim.
The JU chapter of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, meanwhile, staged a series of protests on the campus demanding reform of the probe body alleging that two members鈥擲wadhin Sen and Aniccha Parvin鈥攐f the committee were 鈥榥ot neutral鈥�.
On September 19, a total of 15 JU teachers of different departments, including professor Swadhin and Anicha wrote to JU vice-chancellor, seeking justice for the lynching of Shamim Molla.
The teachers also demanded curbing the so-called supremacy of student movement coordinators on the campus as one of the student movement coordinators鈥擜hsan Labib鈥攚as accused of lynching Shamim.
The JU chapter of the Student Movement Against Discrimination said that the teachers could not investigate the incident fairly after taking a stance against the student movement coordinators.