DU hall provost confined for raid against outsiders

A group of students, including Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, confined the provost of Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University to his room for one hour and a half and vandalised his car early yesterday.

The attackers also vandalised furniture of the administrative room, scattered documents, and damaged some CCTV cameras of the dormitory when the provost and four house tutors raided the hall around midnight to evict outsiders and overstaying students, said witnesses. They also demanded resignation of the provost.

Provost Prof Anwarul Islam accused some "political students" of carrying out the vandalism and provoking others. DU unit president of BCL Abid al Hasan said BCL activists were among the protesters. Condemning the incident, he said action would be taken against the BCL men responsible. Acting proctor M Amzad Ali said action would be taken after investigation.