RMC expels 5 BCL men for assaulting teacher

2 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi

Five students of Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) belonging to the college unit of Bangladesh Chhattra League were expelled on Thursday for assaulting a teacher during a factional clash on June 21. The academic council and disciplinary committee in a joint meeting chaired by the college Principal Dr Abdul Hannan took the expulsion decision following a probe into the incident. The expelled are--Sampad Kumar Dutta, president of college unit BCL; Abidur Rahman, president of Awami League-backed Bangladesh Dental Society; its general secretary Komol Hasda; Khondoker Al Mamun and Sandip Kumar Moitra. The council also advised the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital authority to take punitive action against Shah Alam Siddiki Lalon, also president of pro-AL Intern Doctors' Association. Lalon was found guilty in the probe conducted by Dr Saifuddin Ekram, head of the Medicine Department. Contacted, Dr Hannan confirmed the incident and said that the five were expelled for one year and will not be able to attend any classes and examinations during the period. The BCL men at RMC are divided into two groups following disputes among pro-Awami League teachers and doctors over establishing supremacy on the campus. During a clash between the two rival groups on June 21, Dr Nawshad Ali, a teacher and also member of Swadhinota Chikitsok Parishad and Bangladesh Medical Association, was assaulted. The unruly students also vandalised the office of the principal. Following the clash, police arrested Lalon, Sandip, Sampad, Nahiduzzaman, Nirjhor Mondol and Raejaul Karim Rocky on that night and later sent them to jail. However, all the arrestees were released from the Rajshahi Central Jail on Thursday evening on bail.