‘Mob group’ plans attack on university professor Joynab in Shahbagh

Staff Correspondent

Assistant Professor Joynab Binte Hossain of the Bengali Department of Gopalganj University of Science and Technology was attacked by a state-sponsored ‘mob group’ of July protesters. Professor Joynab, who was injured in the attack, is admitted to the hospital, her colleagues have confirmed to the media.

Her friend and academician Romana Afroz Nancy said the attack happened on Saturday evening as he was approaching Shahbagh in a rickshaw from Matsyabhaban.

She said that Professor Zainab was firm on the issue of her principles and ideals, and even after August 5, she remained steadfast on the issue of Bangabandhu and the Liberation War.

Romana Afroz Nancy claims that she recently heard that Zainab Binte Hossain was pressured by the university administration not to write in favor of Bangabandhu and the Liberation War. This attack is a heinous and condemnable incident.

Expressing concern about whether such attacks will be prosecuted at all, he said, “In the current reality, they can do nothing but protest from their own positions.”