The authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Saturday sealed off the two rooms and an office that were used by BUET unit BCL leaders.
Officials, led by Directorate of Students’ Welfare Director Md Mizanur Rahman, sealed off 321 No. room of BUET unit BCL President Jamius Sunny at Ahsanullah Hall and 3012 No. room of General Secretary Mehedi Hasan Rasel at Sher-e-Bangla Hall.
“We’ve started sealing off the rooms of students who are staying illegally in the halls. We sealed off three to four rooms as a symbolic step on the first day,” Mizanur said.
The rooms were sealed off because the occupants did not have legitimate right to stay there, he said.
“This operation will continue and the provosts will lead it in their halls,” he added.
Sunny said he was in his room during the operation, but claimed he was a “legal but irregular” student.
“An operation to evict all political and non-political irregular students and non-students from the halls is going on. We’ve assured the authorities of cooperation,” he said.
The authorities also sealed off the BCL office in room number 121 of Ahsanullah Hall, according to Sunny.
The authorities earlier in the day issued a notice instructing officials to evict illegal students and seal off the offices of the student organisations.
As per the protesters’ demands, the notice also said students accused of ragging or torture will face maximum punishment in the soonest possible period through the disciplinary committee.
The demonstrators have suspended their programmes for Oct 13 and 14 to let the administration hold admission tests after the authorities met all their demands and fulfilled the five conditions they set to allow the admission tests for 2019, reports bdnews24.com.
