DUET Expels 14 Students for Alleged Ties to Chhatra League

Staff Correspondent

Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) has taken disciplinary action against 14 students, including the president and general secretary of DUET Chhatra League.

The university’s disciplinary committee decided to expel them from the dormitories permanently, suspend them from academic activities for one academic year, and note their punishment in their character certificates.

Separate notices were issued for each of the students on Thursday via DUET’s official website.

The expelled students are: DUET Chhatra League president and former Mechanical Engineering student Mizanur Rahman Mithun, general secretary and former Civil Engineering student Mahmud Hasan Manna, former publicity secretary and former Industrial and Production Engineering student Pratap Kumar, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) student Sabbir Hossain.

Other expelled students include Civil Engineering student Sazzad Hossain Rifat, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) student Siddiqur Rahman, Textile Engineering student Mozammel Hossain Shaheen, Mechanical Engineering student Mehedi Hasan Tuhin, and EEE student Mushfiq-ul-Alam Shanto.

Additionally, the university expelled Textile Engineering student Ashraful Islam, CSE students Istiak Ahmed Prince and Parvez Mia Mahin, Textile Engineering student Tasin Mahmud, and Mechanical Engineering student MM Saimun.

In the notices, the students were asked to explain within seven days why the punishments should not be imposed. They were also informed about the option to appeal to the Academic Council if they wished to contest the decision.

Former DUET Chhatra League publicity secretary Pratap Kumar claimed, “Besides Chhatra League activists, four regular students, including Sabbir and Ujjal, are also listed for punishment. This is part of a conspiracy by Jamaat-Shibir activists to target us.”

Professor Utpal Kumar Das, secretary of the disciplinary committee, said, “Fourteen students are recommended for various levels of punishment. Some are no longer enrolled, so academic penalties do not apply to them. Instead, we have suggested withholding their documents for one year. For two master’s students found guilty of severe offenses, the committee has recommended canceling their enrollment. The nature of the punishments varies depending on the severity of each case.”