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13 students expelled from JUST hall over ragging

Thirteen students of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST) have been expelled from a residential hall for ragging fellow students.

JUST Shaheed Moshiur Rahman Hall administration expelled three students permanently from the dormitory and rest 10 temporarily.

The hall provost Dr Md Ashrafuzzaman Zahid confirmed the matter to Jago News on Thursday night.

The permanently expelled students are Md Al Amin, Environmental Science and Technology (EST) department, session 2017-18, Sohel Rana, Mathematics dept, session 2017-18, and Md Bariul Haque Mubin, Physics dept, session 2016-17.

The temporarily expelled are Mahbub Hasan Rocky and Md Rayhan Rahman Rabbi, Physics dept, session 2018-19, Sheikh Zubayer, Chemistry dept, session 2018-19, Md Parvez Mia, Md Salman Molla, and Md Nazmus Shakib, Chemical Engineering dept, session 2017-18, Md Mohaiminul Haque, Md Saymun Nice, and Md Khaliduzzaman Shourav, EST dept, session 2017-18, and Rafiur Rahman Apurba, Biomedical Engineering dept, session 2016-17.

Earlier on the night of April 17, an allegation was raised that Md Sabbir Alam, a student of the Physics department (session 2019-20), was called to 321 No. Room of Shaheed Moshiur Rahman Hall. Then, he was mentally and physically tortured.

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