BCL activists drive female student out of BAU hall at night

BAU Correspondent 

Afsana Ahmed Eva, a student of Bangladesh Agricultural University’s Begum Rokeya Hall, goes on hunger strike in front the dormitory on January 9, 2018. Photo: Collected

A first year student of agriculture faculty of Bangladesh Agricultural University has complained that Begum Rokeya Hall unit activists of Bangladesh Chattra League drove her out of her room at midnight past Monday as she refused to take part in a procession took off by the university BCL on the campus on January 4 marking its founding anniversary.

The victim, Afsana Ahmed Eva, also an activist of Socialist Students’ Front, stayed the whole night in front of the hall gate and began hunger strike on Tuesday morning protesting at the eviction.

Afsana on Tuesday alleged that BCL leaders and activists had been threatening her to throw her out of the hall since January 4 and she informed the provost about the threatening on January 5 and submitted a written complaint on January 7.

BAU BCL activists called her at the guest room of the hall at about 12 midnight on 

Tuesday and forcibly threw her out of the hall with her bag and baggage, she added.

On information, BAU proctor Atikur Rahman Khokan went to the hall at about 11.00am, convinced her to give up the hunger strike and sent her back to her seat in the hall at about 4.00pm.

A three-member committee was formed to investigate the matter and it was asked to submit its report within seven days, the proctor said.

BAU BCL general secretary Mia Md Rubel said BCL activists were not involved in the incident.

• Courtesy: New Age, Jan 10, 2018