The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday expelled temporarily four students, who also activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), for assaulting three journalists and at least 10 students of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) department on Friday.

The decision was taken at a syndicate meeting of the university with vice chancellor Prof SMA Faiz in the chair.

The expelled students are: Aminul Islam Amin, a third year Anthropology students also the president of A F Rahman Hall JCD unit, Shishir, a second year student of History, Saiful Islam, a second year student of Sociology and Belayet, a master's student of Drama and Music department.

The expelled students would not be able to sit in their examinations until the investigation committee submits its' final report to the university authorities, according to university sources.

The meeting also formed a five-member committee headed by Arts Faculty Dean Prof Sadrul Amin to investigate into the incident. The committee was asked to submit its' report within three weeks, meeting sources said.

The committee would also investigate the allegation of demanding toll to the contractor and engineer of a five-story residential building at Jagannath Hall premises by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists.

Earlier, students and Teachers of Mass Communication and Journalism Department took out a silent procession on the campus demanding permanent expulsion of the JCD activists responsible for attack on journalists and the students of the department.

Chairman of the Journalism Department Prof Sheikh Abdus Salam, former chairman, Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Associate Prof Mafizur Rahman, Associate Prof Robayet Ferdous, Dr Kaberee Gayen, among others, participated at the protest programme.

In support of their demands, students of MCJ department submitted a memorandum to Prof Faiz.