The Khulna Haji Mohammad Mohsin College teachers on Wednesday went on indefinite class boycott, protesting at sexual harassment of one of their colleagues.
They teachers complained that a male student of the college, Imran Sabuj, also a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist, sexually harassed a female teacher for long time.
They demanded expulsion of and punishment for Imran Sabuj, a first year Bachelor of Arts student and also general secretary of Khulna city ward no 12 Chhatra League committee.
He is also the cultural secretary of the college's students' union.
The teachers, as per their decision at a meeting on the campus on Tuesday, started class boycotting on Wednesday morning and declared to continue the strike until their demands were met.
In this regard, the teachers and college governing body members held a meeting with the acting principal Nazmul Ahsan in his room.
The meeting successfully formed a five-member committee, headed by former principal Tafazzel Hossain, to probe the allegations brought against Imran Sabuj, said a college teacher who was present in the meeting.
The committee was also asked to submit its report within three days, the teacher added.
Khalishpur police sub-inspector Kazi Reza said that a general diary was filed on Wednesday morning.
Source : New Age
