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RU controversial staffs confine vice chancellor for five hours

RU CORREPONDENT
Several hundred employees of Rajshahi University (RU), whose appointment created controversy, in a violent demonstration yesterday confined the vice chancellor (VC) to his office for five hours.
Demanding confirmation of their jobs the demonstrators also assaulted nine top teachers on the campus.
The authority's bid to recruit three fresh teachers for Islamic history and culture department and 159 employees through a syndicate meeting, which was scheduled for yesterday, sparked the demonstration.
The demonstrators threatened to launch bigger demonstration along with their wives and children if the authority appoints fresh employees before confirming their jobs within a month.
The 544 demonstrators led by Rafiqul Islam Sardar, convenor of the 544 Employees' Oikya Parishad, scuffled with police at the RU main gate at 9:30am as the law enforcers prevented them from entering the campus with their procession.
The employees forced into the administration building and sat in front of VC Prof Altaf Hossain's office. The demonstrators cut off electricity and water supply to the VC's office.
They dragged around Pro VC Prof M Keramat and assaulted Proctor Prof Shamsul Alam, Assistant Proctors Prof Emamul Haque Sanjid, Prof Enamul Haque, RU Teachers' Association member Prof Mia Mohiuddin, Social Science Dean Sadekul Islam, Prof Rabiul Islam and Prof Aslam Sarker when they rushed to the scene.
They attempted to assault Prof Yunus Ahmed Khan of zoology and mining department when he protested their activities.
The assaulted teachers were also kept confined to the VC's office during the demonstration while the agitators held a rally and chanted slogans against the authority amid huge police presence.
The VC came out of his room at 3:00pm and asked the demonstrators to leave, assuring them of the administration's best effort to confirm their jobs. The demonstrators dispersed half an hour later.
The proctor later said recruitment of the 544 employees damaged the image of the university.
The Pro VC said, "We will drop recruiting teachers, but we will have to take some employees for the new departments." The VC told newspersons that they will abide by the court verdict against the appointment of the 544 controversial employees but still try to do something about them.