Staff Reporter :
Cox’s Bazar International University has suspended a girl student because she is a member of the Rohingya community.
Dr Abul Kashem, Vice Chancellor of the university, said the authorities had decided to suspend LLB(Hons) student Rahima Akhter alias Rahi Khushi following media reports that she is a Rohingya girl.
A three-member probe committee was formed on Saturday asking it to submit a report within seven days, the VC said.
Deutsche Welle (DW), a German international broadcaster, released a 1.32-minute video, showing Rahima taking interviews of Rohingya people and collecting data of a camp in Cox’s Bazar as an NGO worker. According to the video released by DW, Rahima fled Myanmar to Bangladesh with her family in 1992 and was admitted to Baitush Sharaf Jobbaria Academy at Boilapara in Cox’s Bazar hiding her real identity as formal education of Rohingyas in Bangladeshi institutions is restricted.
Mujibur Rahman, Trustee of the Cox’s Bazar International University, said Rahima passed SSC from Baitush Sharif Jabbaria Academy and HSC from Cox’s Bazar Government Women’s College. Rahima was admitted to the university after receiving SSC and HSC certificates and National ID.
The probe body report will be submitted to University Grants Commission (UGC) to take the final decision in this regard, Mujibur added.
