Under fire, Dhaka varsity V-C quits

Faruk expressed the hope that normalcy will be returned to the campus. He, however, gave no hint when the university, which was closed sine die on Saturday, would be opened.

Students of the university had been agitating for a week and were on hunger strike demanding the ouster of Chowdhury.

Though the Vice Chancellor resigned, the students refused to call off their hunger strike saying only one of their six demands were met. They also demanded the resignation of proctor of the university and withdrawal of cases against agitating students.

Chowdhury earlier refused to step down saying he would continue in his post till a body set up to probe the alleged incidents came out with its findings.

Police had raided the women’s dormitory and allegedly harassed and beat some women students last week leading to protests in the campus.

Prof Chowdhury, a senior teachers of the university was made Vice Chancellor after begum Khaleda Zia led four-party alliance came to power last October.

This is probably the first case in recent time that Vice Chancellor of a public university had to quit in the face of students agitation.