Punish errant BCL men: RU students
Rajshahi University (RU) students yesterday demanded exemplary punishment of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men who are repeatedly spoiling the academic environment in different educational institutions.
The students, under the banner "Progressive Students Alliance", submitted the memorandum with a five-point demand to RU Chancellor Zillur Rahman through its Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Abdus Sobhan around 1:00pm.
The demands included exemplary punishment of those BCL men who created recent chaos in different universities including Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University, Begum Rokeya University and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet), withdrawal of the cases against 300 students of Kuet, punishment of Satkhira district unit BCL leaders for harassing a female student and trial of the parliament member for attacking a female journalist.
In the memorandum, the students noted that BCL leaders and activists were linked with different irregularities and corruption on university campuses across the country like corruption in admission process, hall seat business, sexual harassment, student assault and extortion.
Bangladesh Students Union RU unit president Shipon Ahmed, Socialists Students' Front convener Sohrav Hossain, Bangladesh Students Federation president Sham Sagor and Biplobi Chhatra Moitree convener Sumon Agastin Saren signed the memorandum.
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