Committee formed to investigate DU student death

A committee has been formed to investigate the death of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a student of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) of the University of Dhaka.

A press release of the Public Relations Department of the university said the committee was formed on May 14. 

The seven-member committee, headed by Arts Faculty Dean Professor Dr Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Khan, has been instructed to submit its report within the next three working days.

Other members of the committee include Prof Muhammad Ekramul Haque, dean of the Faculty of Law; Prof Taiabur Rahman, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Prof Md Serajul Islam, provost of Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall; and Prof Md Abul Kalam Sarker of the Department of Persian Language and Literature.

Assistant Proctor Sharmin Kabir will serve as the member-secretary of the committee, while the Deputy Registrar (investigation) will assist with secretarial responsibilities.

Shammo, also the literature and publication secretary of the Sir AF Rahman Hall unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, was reportedly stabbed to death near Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday night.