‘BCL Harassment’: CU officials go on work abstention

Officials of Chittagong University (CU) administration have started a  work abstention to demand punishment for three leaders of Bangladesh  Chhatra League's (BCL) CU unit for allegedly harassing the officials.

The  officials took position in front of the office of the CU officers'  association on the campus yesterday. The association alleged that a  group of BCL leaders tried to take stored goods from CU's central  warehouse without any tender on April 6, and they harassed some  officials when the latter tried to stop them.

The association  wrote a letter to CU VC Shireen Akhtar, accusing three BCL  leaders -- Mofazzal Haider, Nazrul Islam Sabuj and Sadek Hossain.

Earlier, Nazrul claimed that the incident did not play out like it has been narrated.

The  association's general secretary Md Abu Jafar said they will observe a  three-hour working abstention every day until Eid vacation.

The CU  administration formed a five-member committee to investigate. The committee was asked to submit its report in three  days, the deadline for which expired on Sunday.

Institutional  Quality Assurance Cell Director Prof Abdullah Al Mamun, who is leading  the committee, said they started their investigation and are verifying  the claims of both parties.