The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) have permanently expelled two of its students for their involvement in the sexual assault of a female student of CU on July 17.
The authority will be recommended to the National University to take the same action regarding the remaining two of their Hathazari college students regarding the incident, CU Proctor Rabiul Hasan Bhuiyan told BSS.
Proctor Rabiul said, the Board of Health, Residence and Disciplinary Committee of CU have taken the decision at an emergency meeting Saturday evening, CU Assistant Proctor Shahidul Islam confirmed.
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He said one more youth has been arrested over a sexual assault incident Saturday afternoon. A total of five youths were arrested so far in the incident.
They were expelled as the "perpetrators had committed an unforgivable act", he said.
The expelled students were Md Azim, a 2nd-year student in the History Department and Nurul Abshar Babu, also a 2nd-year student in the Anthropology Department of the university.
Earlier, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five youths from different areas of the university campus over the alleged assault of a female student on Friday night and Saturday.
A female student was physically assaulted by five youths, which sparked protests on the campus, while she was going to Botanical Garden from Pritilata Hall with her friends around 10:00pm last Sunday.
The arrested persons had also captured the incident on video and threatened to make it viral.
According to the allegation by the victim, a five-member probe committee has already been formed to investigate the matter by the CU authority.
A complaint was also lodged with Hathazari thana over the incident.
Meanwhile, CU students staged a protest on the campus on Wednesday night, demanding punishment for assaulting the female student.
