DCSU-elected leader assaults Awami-leaning Dhaka University professor; proctor defends the attacker

DU Correspondent

AKM Jamal Uddin, a professor of the sociology department and a pro-Awami League blue party teacher, was forced to leave the campus after being physically assaulted and attacked by a mob led by the elected leader of the extremist underground organization Shibir Karmy DUCSU at Dhaka University. Professor Zinat Huda, a pro-Awami League teacher in the same department, was also assaulted at the time.

This horrific incident took place at around 2 pm on Thursday, December 11th, in the university’s sociology department.

It is learnt that when some teachers including Professor AKM Jamal Uddin and Professor Zinat Huda went to the Faculty of Sociology at noon, terrorists from the extremist Shibir group, disguised as students, gathered in front of the building. As the teachers left the building around 1 pm, a group of extremist terrorists led by DUCSU Social Services Secretary and Shibir activist AB Zubair chased AKM Jamal.

In a video circulating on the internet, terrorist Zubair is seen holding Professor Jamal on the stairs of the sociology department by pulling his clothes and attacking him. The teacher took off his hoodie in an attempt to free himself. Later, when he tried to get off the stairs in self-defense, DUCSU terrorist leader Zubair chased him. At one point, Professor Jamal got into a car. Zubair was trying to pull the car door and get him out.

Zubayer, a terrorist and Shibir activist who was elected as the Social Services Secretary from an independent panel in the DUCSU elections, later wrote in his Facebook post:

“Awami League scoundrel teacher Akam Jamal, Blue Party posted leader Zeenat Huda and 5 fascist-friendly teachers came to the campus today and joined a secret meeting, saying that the children of the self-proclaimed Razakars should be given a brushfire in a hurry. Upon receiving the news, we tried to catch them and hand them over to the police. But unfortunately, the scoundrels got into the car that was prepared in advance and fled!”

This terrorist also wrote:

“The students of the department have boycotted all their classes and exams. How dare they still enter the campus! The administration needs to be more proactive. There is no room for coexistence with the murderers. All of them must be brought to justice soon.”

Professor Jamal and Professor Zeenat Huda were called several times to inquire about this, but they did not respond. Even the DUCSU terrorist Zubair could not be reached to know which five teachers were holding a ‘secret meeting’ on campus.

Regarding the incident, university proctor Saifuddin Ahmed defended the terrorists and said, “I was not on campus. Earlier, when Jamal Sir came to the campus, some students protested. Later, we assured them that he would not come again. We also told Jamal Sir not to come. Still, he came.”

In the face of student demands, the proctor avoided answering the question of whether a teacher could be prevented from coming to the university on such unreasonable pretexts.

When asked which five teachers had the meeting, he said, “I was outside, I don’t know about it.”