Jahangirnagar University (JU) proctor ASM Firoz Ul Hasan has resigned from his post in the face of the ongoing anti-rape and harassment movement of teachers and students.
An office order signed by JU Registrar Abu Hassan said following a written request of ASM Firoz Ul Hasan, also an associate professor of Government and Politics Department of the university, his resignation was accepted and was relieved from the duties of the proctor on Monday.
It said that Professor Mohammad Alamgir Kabir of the Department of Statistics and Data Science has been appointed as the acting proctor of the university until the next order.
On February 3, a woman was allegedly raped near Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall at JU while her husband was being confined in a room of the dormitory.
A group of teachers and students of the university under the banner of 'Nipiron Birodhi Mancha' (anti-oppression platform), have been demonstrating on the campus to press home their five-point demand, including exemplary punishment of ‘rapists, and releasing proctor ASM Firoz Ul Hasan and Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall provost Professor Sabbir Alam from administrative posts for assisting the accused .
They alleged that Firoz Ul Hasan and Prof Sabbir reportedly were assisting the perpetrators of the rape incident. So they demanded their release for the sake of a fair investigation and to ensure the maximum punishment for accused.
Meanwhile, on March 11, the anti-oppression platform blocked the administrative building indefinitely to press home their demands.
After three days of blockade, on March 13, JU vice-chancellor Professor Nurul Alam and other top administrative officials, held a discussion with the protestors on Thursday afternoon.
Later, JU VC spoke to the protesting students and assured them that the proctor and the provost of Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall will resign by March 17 or they will be relieved of their duties on March 18.
Mentionable, on 4 February, police arrested four, including Mostafizur Rahman, a student of the 45th batch of the university's International Relations Department, in a case filed with Ashulia Police Station by the husband of the rape victim.
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