The authorities of the Begum Rokeya University have taken a decision to file a case against 81 people, including two teachers and 72 students in connection with the killing of anti-quota movement leader and the university鈥檚 student Abu Sayeed.
Abu Sayeed was shot dead on July 16 allegedly by the police during the countrywide student protests demanding the reformation of the quota system in government jobs.
He was a 12th-batch student of the English department.
Most of the students are activists of the recently banned Bangladesh Chhatra League while one of the teachers is a leader of the university鈥檚 teachers鈥� association.
Decisions were also taken to suspend the two teachers and seven officers and employees of the university temporarily in connection with the killing, ban partisan politics and activate the student council.
Three committees were also formed to probe different irregularities.
The decisions were taken at the 108th syndicate meeting, chaired by the vice-chancellor professor Md Showkat Ali, held in the administrative building of the university on Monday morning.
Later, the vice-chancellor at a press briefing said that the university authorities would soon file case against the 81 people.
The two accused teachers are public administration department associate professor Md Asaduzzaman Mondol and mathematics department associate professor Md Moshiur Rahman.
Asaduzzaman Mondol is the general secretary of the university鈥檚 teachers鈥� association.
Both of the teachers are now absconding, said the vice-chancellor professor Md Showkat Ali.
鈥楳ost of the accused students are BCL activists who were involved with illegal hall and tender businesses,鈥� he said and added that most of the accused students had already become ex-students after getting degrees.
The decision was taken based on a report submitted by a three-member investigation committee, he continued.
The professor further said that a decision was also taken to ban extortion, tender business, seat business at halls, forced occupancy in halls and partisan politics on the campus in a bid to monitor and control students鈥� moral and academic discipline.
As per the university law, he said, no teachers, officers or employees could be members of any political organisations.
A total of three committees were formed 鈥� one to activate the student council in the university and three student halls, another to investigate the alleged irregularities in the teacher鈥檚 appointment system and the last one to investigate the alleged irregularities in special development projects for the university and purchasing buses, the vice chancellor mentioned.
Show cause notices would be served to the teachers, officers and employees who remained absent from the university, he added.