DU CORRESPONDENT

The fate of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election slated for September 9 is likely to be determined today by the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division.

The full bench will hear a petition filed by the Dhaka University administration seeking a stay on a High Court directive that postponed the election until October 30.

Justice Farah Mahbub, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, stayed the HC directive within one and a half hours after it was passed on Monday. Yesterday, the chamber judge extended the stay.

The High Court issued the directive following a writ petition filed by a female candidate for Ducsu’s Liberation War and democratic movements affairs secretary from the left alliance Aparajeyo 71, Odommyo 24 panel.

She appealed to stay the candidature of SM Farhad, the president of Islami Chhatra Shibir’s DU unit and Ducsu general secretary candidate from Oikyabaddho Shikkharthi Jote, alleging that he was involved with the now banned Chhatra League.

The female candidate, however, faced rape threat by a student named Ali Husen on social media, drawing widespread condemnation.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday formed two separate fact-finding bodies to investigate the issue.

On the campus, leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal brought out a procession yesterday

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