8 DU students suspended over lynching Tofazzal

The administration of Dhaka University (DU) has temporarily suspended the eight students involved in the incident of lynching Tofazzal Hossain, suspecting him as a thief, at Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall from the university.

The university administration has also suspended the residential accommodations of the eight students involved in the incident.

This information was provided in a notification sent by the university’s public relations office on Saturday (September 21).

According to the notification, the accused students include Jalal Mia from the Department of Physics (2018-19 session), Mohammad Suman from the Department of Soil, Water and Environment (2020-21 session), Mottakin Sakin from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (2020-21 session), Al Hossain Sajjad from the Department of Geography and Environment, Ahsan Ullah from the Department of Mathematics (2018-19 session), and Wazibul Alam. Six of these students have already been handed over to the police by the university administration.

The other two students are Mohammad Firoz Kabir from the Department of Plant Science (2020-21 session) and Mohammad Abdus Samad from the Department of Physics.

The notification also states that the provost of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall, Professor Dr Shah Md Masum, has been replaced by Professor Dr Md Elias Al-Mamun from the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology as the new provost of the hall.