Students Demand Permanent Suspension of DU Teacher Saiful

Human Chain at Aparajeyo Bangla

Anti-Repression Student Group, a platform for general students, forms a human chain at Aparajeyo Bangla on Dhaka University (DU) campus on September 22, 2014 demanding permanent suspension of DU teacher Professor Saiful Islam.

The DU authorities suspended Professor Saiful Islam, chairman of the Theatre and Performance Studies Department of DU, on charge of sexual harassment of a female student.

Speaking on the occasion, DU Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) department professor Fahmidul Hoque urged the university authorities to take legal action against the teacher and expel him permanently from the university.

He also thanked the victim, student of the theater department, for her courage to expose Saiful's musk to the DU authorities. In his speech, DU Sociology department professor Samina Luthfa alleged that Dhaka University authorities are seen not sincere in implementing the existing tougher law against its teacher for sexual harassment.

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Account BenefitTheater and performance studies department students have threatened to go for tougher program if the alleged teacher is not permanently expelled from DU within seven days.

In the evening, DU students brought out a torch procession and then covered the university's Raju Sclupture and Oparajeyea Bangla with black cloths to press home their demand. Earlier, DU Syndicate suspended professor Saiful Islam for physically harassing a female student on September 13 at his residence.
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