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Dhaka University students brought out a procession
on the campus yesterday demanding exemplary punishment to Dr
Kamal Uddin, a teacher of Psychology Department, for alleged
sexual harassment of a female student. Focus Bangla

DU Correspondent

A number of students of Dhaka University under the banner of general students staged a demonstration on the campus yesterday demanding exemplary punishment to a teacher for reportedly harassing one of his female students sexually.

But the students were chased by a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, while they were going to the Proctor's office to submit a memorandum demanding punishment of the teacher.

Being afraid of the attack by BCL activists, the students started running helter-skelter in the Arts Building, while the female students were seen crying for their safety.

Later, the group set fire to a banner 'New dormitory wanted to reduce residence problem' of another student group, Chhatra Mukti.

Sources said the guardians of the female student earlier submitted a written allegation against Dr Kamal Uddin, Associate Professor of Psychology Department, to the Vice-Chancellor office in this regard. But the university authority did not take any action in this connection, the sources added.

The VC office sources said a group of teachers were trying to hush up the incident though similar allegation was brought against him by another female student a few years ago.