RU administration building offices locked over demand for 6 deans’ resignation

Students at Rajshahi University locked all offices at the administration building, including those of the vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor, proctor and registrar, demanding the resignation of six deans accused of being aligned with the Awami League.

The offices were locked on Sunday afternoon.

During the protest, students engaged in an argument with Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Farid Uddin. Earlier, they had also locked the offices of the deans of the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Law.

At noon, students first locked the offices of three deans at the Deans’ Complex building. They are Professor Abu Naser Md Wahid of the Faculty of Law, Professor ASM Kamruzzaman of the Faculty of Business Studies and Professor SM Ekram Ullah of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The other three deans are Nasima Akhter of the Faculty of Science, Bimal Kumar Pramanik of the Faculty of Engineering and AHM Selim Reza of the Faculty of Geosciences.