United News of Bangladesh

The students of Shahjalal University and Science and Technology (SUST) brought out a torch procession on Monday night demanding the highest punishment and permanent expulsion of those who violated a girl recently.   Several hundred students under the banner of ‘general students’ gathered in Golchattar area of the university around 9:30 pm and brought out the torch procession.   During the procession they also chanted various slogans including  ‘Direct action against rapists,’ ‘Expel the rapists permanently,’ ‘No place for rapists in our Golden Bengal’, ‘Hang the rapists,’ and 'SUSTians, be united and resist.’   Two SUST students held for alleged sexual harassment of a female student   Nuruddin, Jemima Zaman and other students from the Social Science Department of the university demanded to ensure highest punishment of the rapists that no one dares to commit such crimes in the future and ensure safety of the female students.   Jemima Zaman said “The accused were placed on remand but we want their expulsion.”   On May 2, two students of the university—Swagata Das Patha and Shanta Tarar Adnan of Social Science Department reportedly violated a girl after taking her in a mess.   On June 19, the girl submitted a written complaint against them.   Police arrested the two students and they were put on a 4-day remand.  

Police detained two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) for allegedly raping a female student and filming the incident. The detainees are Shanto Tara Adnan and Swagato Das Partho, both students of the sociology department from the 2021-22 academic session. The woman lodged a written complaint with the university proctor on Thursday accusing the duo of raping her at a mess in Sylhet's Surma Residential Area before Eid. According to university and police sources, the accused allegedly drugged the victim, raped her, recorded the incident and threatened to release the footage if she disclosed it. Man sentenced to death for rape in Keraniganj One of the accused was arrested from the campus and the other from the Surma area around 9:30pm on Thursday.   During the preliminary interrogation at the proctor office, the evidence of raping was found to be true, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC-Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police Mohammad Saiful Islam said. He said two cases were filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act and the Pornography Control Act. The accused were sent to court on Friday. Adnan is reportedly linked to the banned Chhatra League and was named in a previous case related to campus violence, while Partho was known for his involvement in the July Movement.