AUST teacher put on 2-day remand

Mahfuzur Rashid Ferdous, a teacher of the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) in the capital, was placed on a two-day remand yesterday in a case filed over sexual harassment.

Following the case filed by an AUST alumnus, Kalabagan police arrested Ferdous at his Eskaton apartment early yesterday and produced him before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Delwar Hussain with a seven-day remand prayer.

In the remand prayer, the investigation officer of the case said the teacher tried to sexually harass his students and took obscene photos of them in order to blackmail them.

Ferdous, an associate professor of electrical engineering and the assistant proctor, was suspended by AUST after days of protests on the university campus against him.

However, his lawyer told the court that the case was fabricated as none of the victims was present there.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP), in a statement, demanded proper probe and justice in the case.

Such incidents are recurring thanks to the prevailing culture of impunity and degrading ethical values, observed BMP.