Journo Beating at CU
BCL activist served show cause notice
Protesting the recent assault of a journalist inside a university classroom, Chittagong University Journalists Association (CUJA) yesterday demanded an immediate bar on the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, involved in the incident, from entering the campus.
Meanwhile, CU Proctor Prof Md Sirajuddoula said they have issued a show cause notice to Rubel Dey, a BCL activist and a student of CU English department, for his involvement with the journalist assault.
Protesting the incident, CUJA brought out a silent procession around 2:30pm from CU Central Students Union building till the university proctor office, outside which they also held a rally.
The association leaders demanded lifetime expulsion of the perpetrators from CU campus.
The journalists also gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the university authorities to bring the guilty BCL activists to book.
CUJA President Sujan Ghosh, its General Secretary Khandokar Polash and other members were present at the programme.
On Saturday, some pro-Awami League BCL activists led by Rubel beat up Mujibul Karim, a journalist of CUtimes24.com and a student of CU journalism department.
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