Kuet professor Selim’s body exhumed for autopsy
The body of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) professor Selim Hossain was exhumed on Wednesday for an autopsy to ascertain the exact cause of his death, police said, reports UNB.
The body was exhumed around 9:30pm in the presence of the executive magistrate Ahmed Sadat from Kumarkhali upazila in Kushtia district.
Khanjahan Ali police station officer-in-charge of Prabir Kumar Biswas, Shahriar Hasan, Quamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali police station and representatives of the health department were present there during the exhumation of the body.
Quamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge of Kumarkhali police station, said the body of professor Selim was taken to Kushtia general hospital and he will be buried again after an autopsy.
Earlier on 5 December, an application was made to the Khulna deputy commissioner to exhume the body for autopsy. The DC on 13 December gave the go-ahead.
OC Prabir said a complaint was lodged at the police station on 4 December in connection with the death of the teacher.
On 3 December, the university was declared closed till 13 December over the death of professor Selim allegedly due to mental torture and harassment by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) members.
Professor Selim, of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) department, was also the provost of Lalan Shah hall.
According to faculty members of the university, professor Selim died hours after some Chhatra League members led by Kuet BCL general secretary Sadman Nahiyan Sejan allegedly confined the teacher to his office and mentally tortured him to accept their choice as the dining manager of Lalan Shah hall for December.
During this confinement, the teacher was allegedly subjected to abuses, humiliation and threat, his colleagues said.