Four KUET BCL leaders expelled for life over teacher's death

Four leaders of Khulna University Of Engineering & Technology (KUET) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League have permanently been expelled from the institution over the unnatural death of Professor Dr Selim Hossain.

The expelled students are KUET unit BCL general secretary Sadman Nahian Sezan, Abu Hasan Abdul Kaiyum, Md Kamruzzaman Razzak, and Riaz Khan Niloy.

Besides, seven others were given different penalties. 

The authorities took the decision after revieweing a 44-page investigation report in a syndicate meeting held on Wednesday. 

Director (student welfare) Prof Dr Md Ismail Saifullah and public relations officer Md Robiul Islam confirmed the matter.

Earlier on November 30 last year, KUET Electrical and Electronic Engineering dept Prof and Lalon Shah Hall Provost Dr Selim Hossain died of cardiac arrest.

Later, allegations surfaced that he died because of mental torture by the BCL leaders. The university authorities formed a three-member body to investigate the allegations.

It was alleged that KUET unit Chhatra League general secretary Sadman Nahian Sezan-led panel has recently attempted to influence the process of dining manager election for the month of December at Lalon Shah Hall.

The panel members have regularly been threatening Provost Dr Selim to elect their nominated candidate.

As a sequel, a group of people led by Sezan questioned him on a road on the campus on Tuesday and later they entered his personal room at his dept.

CCTV footage showed that they held a closed-door meeting with him for half-hour. 

Then, he went to his home adjacent to the campus, and around 2:30 pm on the day, his wife noticed he was not coming out of the toilet.

He was found lying on the toilet floor after breaking open the door and rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared him.

Today the university said in a statement that the Syndicate meeting took the decision of temporary expulsion under misconduct after reviewing CCTV footage and other information.

Alamgir Hannan/SU