JU suspends 8 over ragging allegations

Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Tuesday temporarily suspended eight students of its Department of Physics over allegations of ragging first-year students.
The decision was announced in an office order signed by Acting Registrar A B M Azizur Rahman.

According to the order, the accused students, enrolled in the 2024-25 academic session, allegedly took a group of freshers from the 2025-26 session to a room adjacent to the Old Arts Building on the night of July 20, where they allegedly subjected them to mental harassment and intimidation from 10:00pm to 1:00am.
The university administration initiated action after details of the alleged incident surfaced on social media.

The office order said the alleged misconduct violated Section 5(6) of the “Jahangirnagar University Students’ Discipline Ordinance, 2018”, which prohibits ragging, teasing and all forms of abusive behaviour on campus.

Finding prima facie evidence, the university authorities suspended the eight students pending completion of disciplinary proceedings.

The suspended students are Md Fazle Hasan Fahad, Md Al-Amin Hossain, Md Jahid Hasan, Md Faisal Ahmed, Md Mahmudul Hasan Khan Akib, Md Mahmudul Amin Siam, Md Mostafizur Rahman and Syed Sakib Ahmed Ratul.