RU Correspondent :
The students of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday staged demonstration on the campus protesting against the sexual harassment on their fellow student in a teacher’s house on early Wednesday.
According to campus sources, over five hundred students of the university brought a protest procession on campus at 11:00 am.
They, later, took position in front of Bangamata Sheikh Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall of the university where they raised six-point demands including exemplary punishment of the person who abused their fellow.
Their other demands are to relieve Bangamata Sheikh Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall provost from her duty, taking charge of the case filed by the victim student, ensuring that there will be no pressure either on the victim student or on her family member to withdrew the case, ensuring proper security of female students on campus, and setting up sexual harassment cell at every single department of the university.
Noted, on early Wednesday, a university first year student became the victim of sexually abused in the house of Professor Bithika Banik’s house where the student went to tutoring.
According to the case statement, she alleged that she was used to teach the daughters of RU Sanskrit Department Professor Bithika Banik. On Tuesday evening, he went for tuition like the other days, but could not manage to return her residential hall at that night because of the heavy rain, and the insistence of Professor Bithika Banik to stay for the night.
At midnight, RU Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall provost and also Professor of Sanskrit department Bithik Banika where the student was used to reside, left her house, situated outside of RU campus, for the hall where a student attempted to commit suicide at 1:30 am, leaving her two daughters, the female student, and his younger brother Shaymol Banik, who is used to live the life of a monk, in the house.
The students of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday staged demonstration on the campus protesting against the sexual harassment on their fellow student in a teacher’s house on early Wednesday.
According to campus sources, over five hundred students of the university brought a protest procession on campus at 11:00 am.
They, later, took position in front of Bangamata Sheikh Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall of the university where they raised six-point demands including exemplary punishment of the person who abused their fellow.
Their other demands are to relieve Bangamata Sheikh Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall provost from her duty, taking charge of the case filed by the victim student, ensuring that there will be no pressure either on the victim student or on her family member to withdrew the case, ensuring proper security of female students on campus, and setting up sexual harassment cell at every single department of the university.
Noted, on early Wednesday, a university first year student became the victim of sexually abused in the house of Professor Bithika Banik’s house where the student went to tutoring.
According to the case statement, she alleged that she was used to teach the daughters of RU Sanskrit Department Professor Bithika Banik. On Tuesday evening, he went for tuition like the other days, but could not manage to return her residential hall at that night because of the heavy rain, and the insistence of Professor Bithika Banik to stay for the night.
At midnight, RU Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Hall provost and also Professor of Sanskrit department Bithik Banika where the student was used to reside, left her house, situated outside of RU campus, for the hall where a student attempted to commit suicide at 1:30 am, leaving her two daughters, the female student, and his younger brother Shaymol Banik, who is used to live the life of a monk, in the house.
