Jahangirnagar University (JU) has expelled five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men for allegedly beat up a student on Thursday (Mar 24) evening.

The expelled students are---Imrul Hasan Omi of 47th batch Department of Law and Justice; Ahmed Galib of Bangla department, Kaiyum Hasan and Ariful Islam of Philosophy department, Tanvirul Islam of Zoology department. All are residential students of Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall of the university.

This information was disclosed yesterday night through a press release signed by Aktaruzzaman Sohel, President of the JU section Chhatra League and General Secretary Habibur Rahman Liton.

On information, they allegedly had beaten up Saiful Islam of 45th Batch of Computer Science and Engineering on Thursday evening with iron rod, leaving him critically injured.

JU Proctor ASM Firoz Ul Hassan confirmed the matter to media.

Earlier, some BCL leaders and activists allegedly assaulted two JU-based journalists on Wednesday night while they were carrying out their professional duties during a factional clash between Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall and Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore Hall units of the BCL in Battola area on the campus.

They also misbehaved with the university Proctorial Body during that time.

BDST: 1112 HRS, MAR 24, 2023
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