20 students were punished for various crimes including opposing the Ramek student movement
Own Correspondent, Rajshahi
Published: 02 October 2024, 16:12
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Rajshahi Medical College. Photo: Collected
Rajshahi Medical College. Photo: Collected
Rajshahi Medical College (RAMEC) has punished 20 students who were involved in skeleton trade, occupying hostel seats, ragging, extortion, carrying arms, consuming drugs, threatening and torturing students by entering the women's hostel and speaking against the anti-discrimination student movement. Apart from that, it has been decided to suspend six teachers from academic activities for not taking any action against those students. It was decided to recommend transfer of six more teachers. These decisions were taken unanimously in the meeting of Ramek's academic council on Tuesday.
Ramek sources have confirmed this information. Among those 20 students, it was decided to reprimand MBBS 61st batch student Sajib Akand and collect bond in the presence of his guardian. All 19 others were expelled from the hostel. Besides, it has been decided to prevent them from all academic activities including class-exams for six months to one year. It is known that the punished students are leaders and activists of various levels of BCL.
The students who were punished for one year are MBBS 61st batch students Bakhtiar Rahman, Arafat Zulfikar David, Naqibul Islam Shakeel, Faria Rejoana Nidhi, Nafiu Islam Setu, 63rd batch Sheikh Saqib and Soham Vijay. The students who were punished for six months are Rashid Mubarak of 61st batch, Hasibul Hasan Shanto of 62nd batch, Ashiqur Rahman, Tariqul Islam, Rashedul Islam, Shoaib Aktar Shobhan, Zuhair Anjum Arnab, Mahfuzur Rahman, Kazi Hanif of 63rd batch, Purnendu Biswas of 31st BDS batch. Noor A Jannat But and Fardeen Muntasir of 33rd BDS batch.
The academic council meeting decided to recommend six teachers to the ministry for transfer as no action was taken despite knowing the various criminal activities of these students. Apart from that, it has been decided to suspend six more teachers from academic activities for different periods.
Ramek's principal professor Dr. Khandkar Faisal Alam said that the anti-discrimination student movement demanded action against 34 teachers and 44 students of the college. But no action can be taken without investigation. Therefore, an investigation committee was formed with eight professor level teachers to investigate the complaints of the teachers. Apart from this, eight other teachers were investigated into the complaints against the students. In the investigation, the committee found the allegations leveled against 20 students and 12 teachers to be true. Later the matter was taken up in the academic council meeting.
Principal Faisal Alam also said, 'Those who raised the complaint are my students. Those accused are also my students. Therefore, the complaints are investigated in an unbiased manner. The investigation committee recommends action against those against whom the allegations are proved in the investigation. When this recommendation was taken up in the academic council meeting, everyone unanimously agreed on their punishment.'
The principal said, 'In the changed context, several students are absent. Those present and recommended for punishment, will be suspended from academic activities. Same goes for six teachers. The recommendation for the transfer of six other teachers will be sent to the ministry soon.
