Some former and current senior teachers of Dhaka University demanded neutral and proper investigation into the overall incidents, including deaths and injuries, during the student protests across the country.
University vice-chancellor Professor ASM Maksud Kamal told 抖阴精品 on Friday that they had invited the former vice-chancellors and professors emeritus on Thursday at his office to take their opinions on the current situation of the country.
鈥榃e also demand neutral probe into the incidents that took place during the protests,鈥� he said.
At least four former vice-chancellors and six professors emeritus of the university met the vice-chancellor for sharing their views on the student protests for quota reform in government jobs.
Former vice-chancellors of the university AK Azad Chowdhury, Anwarullah Chowdhury, SMA Faiz, and Md Akhtaruzzaman along with professors emeritus AF Serajul Islam Choudhury, Khondoker Bazlul Hoque, Rafiqun Nabi, Md Abul Hashem Khan, Nazrul Islam, and Atiur Rahman were present at the opinion sharing.
One former vice-chancellor and one professor emeritus confirmed 抖阴精品 that they demanded neutral probes into the incidents that happened across the country, mourned the deaths during the protests and prayed for the healing of the injured ones.
They also demanded a nationally and internationally recognised investigation into the overall incidents that happened during the protests, immediate release of all arrested students, immediate reopening of the universities, reestablishment of solidarity between the students and teachers, seat allocations in the student halls based on merits, and an environment for all the students with different opinions to coexist on the campus.
Professor ASM Maksud Kamal said that they had already prepared a coordinated guideline for allocation of seats in the halls based on merits.
鈥楢round 300 rooms in the halls were damaged recently for which we sent letter to the University Grants Commission a week ago,鈥� he said and added that after repairing the rooms the university would be reopened.聽
Besides the university vice-chancellor, its pro-vice chancellors professor Muhammad Samad and professor Sitesh Chandra Bachar, treasurer professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed and proctor Maksudur Rahman were also present at the meeting.
Until August 2, at least 216 people were killed during the student protests for quota reform in government jobs.
Cabinet secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, however, on July 29 said that the official death toll reached 150.聽聽聽
The movement first started by the Dhaka University students on July 1 that turned violent from July 16 after the police and ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League activists clashed with the students.
The Dhaka University authorities on July 17 announced the closure of the university sine die and halls were vacated the same day.聽
The cabinet division issued a gazette on July 18 announcing the formation of a one-member judicial inquiry commission to investigate the killing of students on July 16.
The government on Thursday widened the judicial inquiry commission鈥檚 scope and jurisdiction tasking it with the investigation of all the killings and violence perpetrated between July 16 and July 21 during the movement.
