KUET BCL GS, 3 others expelled for life

PBC News:  The authorities of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) have expelled four students, including university unit BCL general secretary Sadman Nahian Sejan, over the unnatural death of Professor Dr Md Selim Hossain.

Other three are Abu Hasan Abdullah Kaiyum, Md Kamruzzaman Razzak and Riaz Khan Niloy.

The decision was taken at Student Disciplinary Committee meeting on Wednesday.

KUET vice-chancellor Prof Sajjad Hossain, also the committee president, chaired the meeting.

On January 1, the university authorities temporary expelled nine students, including Sejan.

Some 44 students of the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology were served a show-cause notice on December 30 over the unnatural death of Professor Dr Md Selim Hossain.

Selim was a professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) Department of the university.

A tense situation has been prevailing on the campus since the death of professor Selim on November 30.

He was also the provost of Lalan Shah Hall of the university.

Students and teachers alleged that the BCL activists mentally tortured him centering an election of dining manager of the hall.

It was learnt that a group of students, led by KUET unit BCL general secretary Sadman Nahian Sejan, confronted Selim at noon of November 30 over the election after intercepting his way on the campus.

They then, went to the teacher’s office and held a closed-door meeting with him for about half an hour.

Later, Selim returned his residence adjacent to the campus for lunch.

As he did not get out from the bathroom after a long time and his wife Rita Khanam did not get any response despite several times of calling, they broke open the door and found him unconscious.

He was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

The KUET teacher died of cardiac arrest, Rita said quoting the hospital physicians.