KU takes action against 30 students over ragging
Khulna University (KU) has taken disciplinary action against 30 students from different disciplines over allegations of ragging, physical assault, harassment and drug consumption.
Of them, 10 students were suspended for one or two terms, while others were fined and ordered to submit written undertakings through their guardians.
The decisions were taken at the 28th meeting of the university’s Discipline Board, held on Tuesday (October 27), following a review of reports submitted by the relevant investigation committees.
The university disclosed the decisions in a notice issued on Wednesday (October 28), signed by Professor Dr Md Salauddin, Director of Student Affairs and Member Secretary of the Discipline Board.
According to the notice, three students were fined Tk 20,000 each for their alleged involvement in harassing six students on the university cafeteria premises on July 29 last year.
The penalised students are Md Fardin Ahmed Dipon of the Forestry and Wood Technology (FWT) Discipline and Sheikh Amir Mahdvin and Sheikh Mursalin Rahman of the Development Studies Discipline.
In another incident, 12 students from the 26th batch of the FWT Discipline were allegedly subjected to ragging by seniors from the 25th batch on May 6 this year.
Following an investigation, Pronoy Kumar Ghosh was suspended for the next two terms and fined Tk 15,000, while Md Jubayer Hossain was suspended for one term and fined Tk 5,000.
Additionally, Asim Das, Toufiq Mahinul Ahshan and Abdullah Al Sifat were each fined Tk 15,000, while Swapan Kumar Das, Debashish Mondal and Sajal Pal were each fined Tk 5,000.
In a separate incident on May 12, approximately 25 students from the FWT Discipline allegedly assaulted Md Amanullah Aman, a 24th-batch student of the Law Discipline.
For their involvement in the incident, Biswajit Chakraborty was suspended for two terms. Eight other students-Sudip Kumar Nandi, Mahmudur Rahman, Hemendra Mridha, Asif Adnan, Azizil Islam Kaffi, Sheikh Tajbid Islam, Rakib Hossain and Pronoy Kumar Ghosh-were each fined Tk 20,000.
The university also took action over an incident on August 14, when several students from the 25th batch of the Development Studies Discipline allegedly forced their juniors from the 26th batch to attend a gathering at a rented residential house on Nayan Road, adjacent to Hall Road, between 9:00pm and midnight.
