JU erupts in protests over alleged rape

DE Online Desk
Students of Jahangirnagar University are demonstrating in front of the administration office over an incident involving an alleged rape of a woman near Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall.
More than a hundred students from different departments began protesting around 12pm on Sunday, taking position in front of the administration office.
A group of teachers and students met Vice Chancellor Nurul Alam and demanded that the university authorities start a case over the complaint “within an hour”. They also asked that the non-student residents inside halls are evicted and “exemplary” punishment meted out o the main suspect and his accomplices.
Prof Anisa Parveen of the Department of History said: “We’ve presented three demands. We asked the VC to call an emergency syndicate meeting to resolve the matters. He gave us assurances.”