Dhaka, Sep 21 (V7N) – Dhaka University has suspended the residential accommodations of eight students involved in the mob lynching of Tofazzal at Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall and temporarily expelled them from the university.

According to a notification from the university’s public relations office, the suspended students include Jalal Mia from the Department of Physics (2018-19 session), Mohammad Suman from the Department of Soil, Water and Environment (2020-21 session), Mottakin Sakin from the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (2020-21 session), Al Hossain Sajjad from the Department of Geography and Environment, Ahsan Ullah from the Department of Mathematics (2018-19 session), and Wazibul Alam. Six of these students have already been handed over to the police.

Additionally, two other students, Mohammad Firoz Kabir from the Department of Plant Science (2020-21 session) and Mohammad Abdus Samad from the Department of Physics, were also named in the notification.

The university has further announced that Professor Dr Shah Md Masum has been replaced by Professor Dr Md Elias Al-Mamun from the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology as the new provost of Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall.

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