<div><b><br></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Hours after death of Jagannath University student Fairuz Abantika by suicide, massive protest broke out and continued till Saturday morning, demanding justice for the student.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fairuz Abantika, a student of the 2017-18 academic year of Jagannath University (JnU) Law Department, hanged herself at her Cumilla residence after accusing her classmate and the assistant proctor of the university in a Facebook post around 10 pm on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid protests of the students, Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Sadeka Halim came to the campus after 1 am. Initially the protesting students did not allow the VC to enter the campus. After a while, they let the VC in.</div><div><br></div><div>The Vice Chancellor then assured them that a fair investigation will be conducted as per the laws of the university.</div><div><br></div><div>General students under the banner of ‘Jagannath University Against Oppression,&nbsp; called for a rally on the campus at 3 pm on Saturday, demanding maximum punishment of the accused.</div><div><br></div><div>Fairuz’s namaz-e-janaza will be held at her own hometown Cumilla at 12 pm today.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the university administration suspended accused assistant proctor Deen Islam and her classmate Amman Siddique.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides,&nbsp; the university administration has formed a four-member probe committee with Masum Billah, dean of the Faculty of Law, as&nbsp; the convener and Law Officer Ranjan Kumar Das as the member secretary.&nbsp; The other members of the committee are the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Abul Hossain and Music&nbsp; Department Chairman Jhumur Ahmed.</div><div><br></div><div>In her Facebook post before committing suicide, Fairuz Abantika said&nbsp; that her classmate Amman Siddique and assistant proctor Deen Islam would be responsible for her suicide, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>'If I ever die by suicide, my classmate Amman Siddiqui and assistant proctor Deen Islam, who supported him, will be solely responsible for my death. I complained to the Proctor's office that Amman was threatening me offline and also online but I did not get any benefit. Deen Islam scares me in many ways for the sake of Amman. He said that expelling me is very easy for him. I know I won't get any justice here,” she wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>