The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

A syndicate involved in giving fake admission to students in Dhaka University was identified when a student came to an officer of the accounts section at the Registrar Building to get back his 'deal money' as his admission was cancelled.

The office staff belonging to the syndicate yesterday detained the student when he asked for his money. Being informed earlier, University-based journalists of different dailies, who were present near the office rescued the student from his captors and handed him over to the Vice-Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz.

The student disclosed all about his admission process and presented documents in this regard to the VC where Pro VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider and Treasurer Prof Syed Abul Kalam Azad were also present.

The student-Mohammad Abdul Alim in collaboration with Kazi Jahirul Islam, officer of the accounts section Room No-225, took admission at the Management Department of the university under the quota of Muktijoddha for the 2004-05 session.

Sources said Prof Abu Saleh, Chairman of Management Department, earlier told the student to show his original Freedom Fighter certificate, otherwise his admission would be cancelled. When informed of the matter the officer in question told him not to worry.

Earlier, the University authority cancelled the admission of 216 students of different departments of the university especially from Public Administration Department for fake admission.

The VC assured the waiting journalists that he would take proper steps to find out the real culprit, so that the accused could not go unpunished.

Meanwhile, Abdul Alim filed a general diary No-1041 with Shahbagh Police Station yesterday against Kazi Jahirul Islam and his two associates Murad Hossain Manik and Aminul Islam Chowdhury Montu.

The student said he gave Kazi Jahirul Islam Tk 1,50,000 for admission at first and later, he gave another Tk 1,50,000, when Jahirul insisted that his admission will be cancelled, if he fails to provide the amount.

Pro VC Prof AFM Yusuf Haider thanked the student for giving the information and told the journalists that he will call an emergency meeting of the fact-finding committee on Sunday.