A female student was assaulted by another student at Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall of Jagannath University on Wednesday night.
Later, a journalist was threatened by a student of the university who identified himself as an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League as the former tried to know about the incident.
Ety Khatun, a 15th-batch student of the Sociology Department, was beaten by a 12th-batch student of the Music Department, Tasmim Sanjana Shrishti, in the kitchen of the dormitory. She also filed a written complaint with the house tutor and provost of the hall.
Ety said, ‘I was cooking. Srishti Apu wanted to fry eggs, so I stopped my cooking. As I had class I asked her to finish the cooking quickly then she hurled abuse. When I protested, I was slapped and punched. I don’t remember what happened next and lost consciousness.’
After the incident, when a journalist wanted to know about the incident, he was threatened by accused Srishti’s friend Fahim Ishtiaq, a student of Marketing department of the university.
Shristi said, ‘The junior student also abusive. She came in front of me. That’s why I beat her up. She also hurt me, I will lodge a complaint too.’
Provost Deepika Rani said, ‘I have received a complaint from the victim in this regard. It will be taken up in the hall disciplinary committee meeting.’
Fahim Ishtiaq said, ‘a journalist called my girlfriend over the incident. Then she sought my help. So I called the journalist and talked. I got excited and misbehaved with him.’
Fahim introduced himself as a Chhatra League (BCL) man.
However, President of Jagannath University Chhatra League Ibrahim Faraji said, ‘ This boy doesn’t have any involvement in politics of Chhatra League. I don’t know him.’
University proctor professor Dr Jahangir Hossain said action will be taken if a written complaint is lodged in this regard.
