Khulna University (KU) authorities have penalised 30 students across various disciplines for different terms over allegations of ragging, physical assault, harassment, and drug consumption.
Ten of the students have been expelled for one to two terms, while the remaining students faced monetary fines alongside a requirement to submit signed undertakings from their guardians.
The decisions were taken following a review of investigation committee reports during the university’s Board of Discipline meeting.
The disciplinary measures were officially announced through a notice signed by Professor Md Salauddin, director of Student Affairs and Member Secretary of the Board of Discipline.
According to the official notice, three students were fined Tk20,000 each for their involvement in harassing six students at the university cafeteria premises on 29 July last year.
The penalised students are Md Fardin Ahmed Dipon of the Forestry and Wood Technology (FWT) discipline, alongside Sheikh Amir Mahdin and Sheikh Mursalin Rahman of the Development Studies discipline.
In another incident on 6 May this year, 12 students from batch 26 of the FWT discipline were subjected to ragging by batch 25 students of the same discipline.
Following the probe, Pronoy Kumar Ghosh was expelled for the next two terms and fined Tk 15,000, while Md Jubayer Hossain was expelled for one term and fined Tk5,000.
Additionally, Asim Das, Toufiq Mahinul Ahsan, and Abdullah Al Sifat were fined Tk15,000 each, whereas Swapan Kumar Das, Debashish Mondal, and Sajal Paul received fines of Tk5,000 each.
Regarding an assault on 12 May, where Md Amanullah Aman, a batch 24 student of the Law discipline, was indiscriminately beaten up by approximately 25 students of the FWT discipline, Biswajit Chakraborty has been expelled for two terms.
Eight other students – Sudip Kumar Nandi, Mahmudur Rahman, Hemendra Mridha, Asif Adnan, Azizil Islam Kaffi, Sheikh Tajbeed Islam, Rakib Hossain, and Pronoy Kumar Ghosh –were each fined Tk20,000 for their involvement in the incident.
In a separate complaint from 14 August, batch 25 students of the Development Studies discipline allegedly forced several batch 26 students to assemble at a residential flat on Nayan Road, near Hall Road, between 9pm and 12am.
For this offence, Mushfiqul Haq Mahid was expelled for two terms and fined Tk 15,000, while Md Maruf Sarwar was expelled for one term and fined Tk15,000. Md Mishon Rahman and Md Khairul Islam were both expelled for one term and fined Tk10,000 each.
Meanwhile, Sayedis Salehin Shopnil, Rittik Karmakar, Sourav Chandra Barman, and Ragib Shahriar were each handed a fine of Tk25,000.
Finally, on 30 September at 7pm, three Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) discipline students were caught with cannabis on the second floor of the under-construction Academic Building 4 during a routine patrol by assistant student affairs directors.
Among them, SM Toufiq Alam was expelled for two terms and fined Tk20,000, Mushfiq Ul Islam was expelled for one term and fined Tk10,000, and Kazi Riyajus Salehin was expelled for one term and fined Tk15,000.
