Our Correspondent :
Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Nazmul Ahasan Kalimullah and six other teachers are facing the sedition charge for allegedly distorting the national flag.
Two teachers of the university in Rangpur, assistant professor of mathematics department Masiur Rahaman and lecturer Mass Communication and Journalism department Mahamudul Haque filed the complaint with Tajhat police station in Rangpur city on Thursday night.
They accused were the university VC Nazmul Ahasan Kalimullah, teachers’ association general secretary Tabiur Rahaman Prodhan, head of the mathematics department Hafizur Rahaman Selim, head of the Bengali department Porimol Chandra Bormon, assistant professor of the marketing department Masudul Hasan, lecturer of the history department Sohag Ali and lecturer of mass communication and journalism department Rahamotullah.
The complainants said some teachers of the university held a rally in front of Independence Square of the campus on December 16 holding a distorted national flag. They posed for a photograph holding the flag and posted it on social media.
They distorted the flag by putting a red square instead of a red circle in the middle of the green background. The distortion is a clear violation of constitutional code, said the complainants.
General secretary Bangabandhu Parishad of the university unit and assistant professor of mathematics department Masiur Rahman said that the VC along with the teachers intentionally violated the dignity of the national flag.
VC Nazmul said the university authority did not organise any rally on the day and he was not on the campus on the day.
He Joined a Zoom meeting in the morning with the university teachers marking the Victory Day from his Dhaka office, said the VC.
Officer-in-charge of Tajhat police station Akhtaruzzaman said they would send the written allegations to the court and would go for action after receiving the court’s direction in this regard.
Meanwhile, the district administration formed a three-member committee, led by additional district magistrate Golam Rabbani, to investigate the allegation.
Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Nazmul Ahasan Kalimullah and six other teachers are facing the sedition charge for allegedly distorting the national flag.
Two teachers of the university in Rangpur, assistant professor of mathematics department Masiur Rahaman and lecturer Mass Communication and Journalism department Mahamudul Haque filed the complaint with Tajhat police station in Rangpur city on Thursday night.
They accused were the university VC Nazmul Ahasan Kalimullah, teachers’ association general secretary Tabiur Rahaman Prodhan, head of the mathematics department Hafizur Rahaman Selim, head of the Bengali department Porimol Chandra Bormon, assistant professor of the marketing department Masudul Hasan, lecturer of the history department Sohag Ali and lecturer of mass communication and journalism department Rahamotullah.
The complainants said some teachers of the university held a rally in front of Independence Square of the campus on December 16 holding a distorted national flag. They posed for a photograph holding the flag and posted it on social media.
They distorted the flag by putting a red square instead of a red circle in the middle of the green background. The distortion is a clear violation of constitutional code, said the complainants.
General secretary Bangabandhu Parishad of the university unit and assistant professor of mathematics department Masiur Rahman said that the VC along with the teachers intentionally violated the dignity of the national flag.
VC Nazmul said the university authority did not organise any rally on the day and he was not on the campus on the day.
He Joined a Zoom meeting in the morning with the university teachers marking the Victory Day from his Dhaka office, said the VC.
Officer-in-charge of Tajhat police station Akhtaruzzaman said they would send the written allegations to the court and would go for action after receiving the court’s direction in this regard.
Meanwhile, the district administration formed a three-member committee, led by additional district magistrate Golam Rabbani, to investigate the allegation.
