C T Online Desk: Most of the residential students of Chittagong University refused to leave the halls on Wednesday even after the administration’s directive to vacate the rooms.
Later, the CU administration extended the time till 10am on Thursday.
According to the decision of the CU syndicate meeting, the university was declared closed indefinitely and the female students were instructed to leave the halls by 6pm on Wednesday and the male students by 9:30pm.
The provosts were also instructed to seal all the rooms after the students left the halls.
After the deadline expired, it was found that only female students left the Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall. Almost all the students are still staying in the remaining four halls.
The students submitted a written application to the vice-chancellor with a three-point demand, expressing their inability to leave the halls.
The demands are: general students cannot be forced to leave the halls under any circumstances, the university administration will bear the responsibility of ensuring round-the-clock security outside the halls and a house tutor will be present at all times to ensure the safety of the students staying in the halls.
A student staying in the hall said: “The university administration ordered us to leave the halls in a hurry. For students like me, whose home is far away, it is not possible to leave the hall at the moment if they want. We have to stay in the hall now. And our brothers are agitating. We can’t leave them and go home right now. “
Chittagong University Proctor Wahidul Alam said many students’ homes are far away so it is not possible for them to leave the halls within the stipulated time.
“That’s why they appealed. Given this, we have said that the students will have to vacate all the halls by 10am on Thursday. If anyone wants to stay without listening to us, then the university administration will not be responsible for the situation.”
