Dhaka University authorities have suspended eight of students, who were found to be involved in the much-talked about brutal incident of beating a youth named Tofazzal Hossain to death at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall.
The Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall authorities habe also cancelled their allotted rooms at the hall.
DU Proctor Saifuddin Ahmed said that the decision was taken based on the recommendations of a committee formed to investigate the incident.
"The syndicate meeting will decide whether to expel the students following the committee's findings," he said.
Six of the eight students have already given confessional statements before a Dhaka court admitting their involvement in the brutal murder of the youth.
Those who have given confessional statement before the court are Mottakin Shakin, Muhammad Jalal Mia, Suman Mia, Al Hussain Sajjad, Ahsanullah, and Wajibul Alam. Two other accused students--Firoz Kabir and Abdus Samad--are still at large.
Police said those two students have not been arrested, but they were trying to capture them.
A press release issued by the Dhaka University public relations office on Saturday said the Dhaka University announced that the hall administration has cancelled the residential seats of the 8 students accused in the killing incident at Fazul Huq Muslim Hall.
Additionally, the provost of Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall, Shah Md Masum, has been replaced, with Md Elias Al-Mamun, professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, being appointed as the new provost.
On Wednesday night, a group of students at the Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall suspected Tofazzal of stealing mobile phones.
They confined and beat him inside the dormitory, according to Shah Md Masum, the hall's provost at the time.
After the assault, the hall authorities handed Tofazzal over to the university's proctorial team, who, instead of taking him to a hospital, brought him to Shahbagh Police Station. Nearly five hours had passed since the beating started and he was barely breathing.
During the beatings, Tofazzal was intermittently given food, and photos and videos of the incident were circulated on social media.
