Fifteen officials and employees of BSMMU, including doctors and senior staff nurses, have been temporarily suspended for alleged involvement in the killing that occurred near the university's cabin block during the July Uprising.
An office order signed by Registrar Prof Dr Md Nazrul Islam yesterday (Jan 5) confirmed the suspension, effective from the same day.
The suspended staff include Dr Abu Torab Ali Mim from Cardiology, Dr Riaz Siddiqui Pran from Dermatology and Venereology, and Nitish Roy, a painter at the Hospital Directorate Office.
Others include Md Saiful Islam, Kazi Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Dresser Shahidul Islam (Saidul), sweeper Sandeep, respiratory medicine assistant Ujjal Molla, driver Sujan Bishw Sharma, OPD-1 MLSS Fakrul Islam Jony, lab customer care attendant Rubel Rana, senior nurse Shabnam Nurani, and ward MLSS staff Shahadat, Munna Ahmed, and Anowar Hossain.
The office order stated that based on the decision of BSMMU's 94th syndicate meeting, the university suspended doctors, senior staff nurses, and employees involved in the killing near the cabin block during the July Uprising.
It further mentioned that during the suspension period, they would be entitled to salary and allowances as per section 14 of the university's discipline ordinance but would be subject to employment regulations.