The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Dhaka University today temporarily expelled three students on charges of assaulting a teacher of the Department of Statistics and launched an investigation into it.

The expelled students are Mahbub and Milton of the Department of Bangla and Rokon of the Department of Public Administration, whose full names could not be known immediately.

A group of students allegedly assaulted associate professor Zafar Ahmed Khan on Thursday during a football match between the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Public Administration.

An probe body headed by pro-vice-chancellor professor A F M Yusuf Haider has been formed to submit a report within two weeks.

Associate professor Rafiqul Islam of the Department of Banking and assistant proctor Siddiqur Rahman are other members of body.

The students of the Faculty of Science, in protest, put blockade on three entrances to the university at 9:30am, bringing traffic to a total halt in the campus area. They also boycotted classes.

The agitating students, however, withdrew the barricades at 12:30 pm after authorities assured a full investigation onto the incident to determine the fate of the expelled students.