DU Prof accused of sexual abuse

DU Correspondent :
A Dhaka University (DU) professor named Md Nurul Islam of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research (ISWR) has been accused of assaulting a female student of this university.

The victim of the incident lodged a written complaint with the Vice-Chancellor of the university on Tuesday and demanded exemplary punishment of the teacher.

Following the incident, a group of students demonstrated in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s resident on Wednesday, demanding proper investigation and therefore punishment of the teacher if found guilty.

Later, the students marched and took a position in front of the administration building. At this time, the Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr ASM Maksud Kamal assured of a fair trial of this incident.
According to the complaint, she (victim) went to the teacher’s room on September 11 this year for suggestions regarding seat allotment in her attached hall as she was a newbie.

“After a while I tried to come out of the room while he started talking irrelevant. At one point he touched my sensitive body parts. Then I ran away from the room,” the complaint said.