Departmental action has been taken against the teacher accused of the untoward incident that took place during the educational tour of the Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Department of Jessore University of Science and Technology. According to the decision of the academic committee of the department, it has been decided to suspend the lecturer of the EST department, Md. Monirul Islam, from all academic activities and not to give him the responsibility of any educational tour in the future.
University information officer Md. Nazmul Hossain confirmed this information to reporters on Thursday.
According to university sources, the complaint committee formed for the prevention of sexual harassment of the university has been directed to submit a report to the administration for further investigation of the incident. Before this, a five-member fact-finding committee was formed to verify the truth of the incident on May 9. The committee was asked to submit its report within three working days, but the time was extended by two more days after their request.Convener of sexual harassment complaint committee professor Dr. Shirin Nigar said that they received an e-mail in this regard on Wednesday night. As the university is closed, the investigation process will be started by meeting the committee members on Saturday and reviewing the necessary documents and evidence.
Chairman of the EST department Professor Dr. Gopal Chandra Ghosh said that the department has sent a written statement to the university authorities. At the same time, it has been decided to temporarily suspend the accused teacher from all academic activities.
Notably, EST department lecturer Md. Monirul Islam was accused of sexually harassing a student during the 2023-2024 academic year study tour. However, the complaining student refused to talk to the media about it.
