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Fake Certificate by BSMMU

New high-ups barred from entering office

Followers of removed VC stage agitation

Mahbuba Zannat
The newly appointed vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellors and treasurer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) could not go to their offices in the face of protests from pro-BNP doctors and staff.
The government Tuesday appointed Prof Nazrul Islam as VC, Chowdhury Ali Kawser and Mohammad Kamal as pro-VCs, and Prof Ruhul Amin Mia as treasurer after booting out their prede-cfeSsdrS,
The new appointees however joined their posts yesterday.
Allegations of opaque staff recruitment and corruption in purchase made the headlines during the administration of just removed VC MA Tahir, pro-VC MA Mazid and treasurer Prof Mobin Khan.
Officials said providing false medical certificate to former BNP lawmaker Mosaddeq Ali Falu and forming a medical board for him without approval from the authorities prompted their removal.
The doctors, nurses and other staffers, belonging to the BNP-batked Ddctots Association of Bangladesh (DAB), staged a sit-in in front of the VC office, from
10:00am through 2:30pm.
Central DAB leader Dr Abdul Kuddus, BSMMU unit DAB president Dr Saiful Islam Selim, secretary Dr Salam and deputy registrars Rafikul Islam Bachchu, Nesar Ahmed and Hafizur Rahman led the sit-in.
Earlier in the morning, they brought out a procession chanting slogans against the newly appointed VC, pro-VCs and treasurer.
"All those protesters were recruited during the past BNP-Jamaat alliance government. They're now griping about the new
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appointments from fear of losing their jobs because many of them were appointed through a dubious process,1' a senior faculty member said preferring anonymity.
The protesters, numbering around 250, alleged that the new VC, pro-VCs and treasurer belong to the pro-Awami League Swadninata Child tsak Parishad.
"We'll submit a memorandum to the chief adviser tomorrow (Thursday) calling for appointment of neutral people to the top posts and resignation of the health secretary," Dab leader Dr Abdul Kuddus, also an associate professor at the ophthalmologydepartment, said.
He said they will form a human chain Saturday to press home their demands.
Disputing the neutrality of the new VC, he said, "Prof Nazrul Islam headed a committee that was supposed to probe alleged corruption and irregularities in the university since its inception. It instead focused on allegations that arose after 2001, violatingthe terms of reference."
The Daily Star however found that the probe committee, formed on May 6 last year, investigated allegations starting from the start of the university in 1998 through last year, and inked in its findings at No 105 on page 3 of the report
When contacted, VC Prof Nazrul said he never had any political affiliation.
Senior faculty members said the three other new appointees were also not involved in any political parties or their front organisations.
On the allegation that he was • elected president of Medical Teachers' Association Federation of Bangladesh in 1994 on the Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad ticket, Prof Nazrul said the election
was not held under any political banner and that he did not contest from any panel.
"We'd had high expectation of the university from the start. We're determined to run the university according to the university rules to improve the education system, research activities and services. We'll also try to implement the investigation reports," VC Nazrul said.
University Teachers' Association meantime hailed the new VC, pro-VCs and treasurer, saying they have reputation as non-partisan individuals on the university campus.
"We met the health adviser on August 2, urged him to implement the Nazrul committee's report and change the partisan administration," Dr Kamrul Hasan Khan, general secretary of Bangabandhu Sheilch Mujib Medical University Teachers' Association, said.