Zubair Killing
JU teachers declare five-day protest
The agitating Jahangirnagar University teachers opposing the vice-chancellor yesterday announced a five-day protest programme including class boycott, hunger strikes, rallies, and human chain, as the university administration refused to meet their demands.
The demands include disclosure of the probe report on the murder of Zubair, a student of JU, who died upon an attack by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on January 9, and the removal of the entire proctorial body and punishment to ex-proctor Prof Arzu Miah.
The agitation begins through a mass campaign on the campus today. The following programmes are class boycott, a human chain on Dhaka-Aricha Highway, and a rally on February 2, a hunger strike in front of the registrar building on February 4, a mass campaign in Dhaka on February 5, and a hunger strike and a rally on JU campus on February 6.
The agitating teachers will also meet the university chancellor (the president) and hand an open letter over to him on February 7 when the chancellor is scheduled to attend the university's fifth convocation.
Prof Nasim Akhter Hossain, a teacher of the Department of Government and Politics, announced the protest programme at a press conference at the office of Jahangirnagar University Journalists Association (JUJA) yesterday.
On Monday, the JU syndicate expelled 13 students from the university for their involvement in the killing of Zubair.
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