Forcing out female students a rumour: DU VC

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University Vice-chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman has claimed that no student was forced out of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall of the university at midnight.

“It’s completely a rumour, such incident did not take place in the dormitory”, the DU VC said this while speaking at a press briefing at his residence on Friday.

His comment came when several female students of DU Sufia Kamal Hall were handed over to their guardians at late night of Thursday on the allegation that they had spread rumours.

Only three students were handed over to their guardians to protect dignity and other students of the hall as they were allegedly spreading fake news in Facebook,  Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman told reporters.

Three of the students are Farhin and Sharmin Akter Shuvo of Mathematics Department and Kamrun Nahar Liza of Theatre and Performance Studies Department.

Speaking of the allegations, hall provost Sabita Rezwana Sabita Rezwana said, “The guardians of the three students willingly took their daughters to their residences”.

“We have called several students to check their cell phones. Some of them were spreading rumours on Facebook through fake accounts. We called their guardians to inform them about spreading rumour through Facebook” she also said.

Several students of the dormitory told reporters that the authorities had summoned eight students to the hall office around 5:30pm and seized their mobile phones.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 20, 2018/Yeamin/Mukul