Controversially recruited staffs assault RU VC
The 'controversially appointed' fourth-class employees of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday assaulted RU acting Vice Chancellor Prof Mamnunul Keramat on the university campus for failing to regularise their jobs.
About 200 agitating fourth-class employees blocked the main gate of the university's administrative building demanding regularisation of their job at around 7:30am.
They staged a sit-in in front of the administrative building demanding resignation of the VC.
The VC along with a few law enforcers reached the spot at around 8:00am and tried to enter the administrative building through the main gate.
An altercation between the VC and agitating employees occurred as the employees blocked his way demanding regularisation of their jobs within 24 hours.
At one stage, some agitating employees assaulted the VC.
On information, additional policemen rushed to the scene and rescued the VC from the agitating employees.
Later, the employees held a sit-in and a rally in front of the VC office.
They urged the chief adviser and the University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman to take necessary steps to regularise their jobs.
The employees also threatened to foil the upcoming admission test if the university authorities fail to regularise their jobs.
Earlier, they had brought out a protest procession on the campus.
A large number of policemen had been deployed in front of the VC office to avert any untoward incident.
When contacted, the acting VC Prof Keramat said the university authorities are looking into the matter and the issue will be settled as per the university rules.
The university authorities appointed 544 third and fourth-class employees against 255 vacant posts in 2004 in gross violation of the university rules. Jobs of about 300 employees were regularised during the rule of the BNP-Jamaat coalition.
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