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A general diary (GD) has been filed with Islamic University police station after the WhatsApp conversation between the university’s pro-vice-hancellor Professor M Mahbubur Rahman and its deputy registrar (admin) Chandan Kumar Das went viral on social media Facebook.
M Shohel Rana, the personal secretary of the pro-vice-chancellor, lodged the GD with the university police station on Monday, Islamic University police station officer-in-charge M Mamunur Rahman said on Wednesday (13 March).
According to the case statement, some screenshots of the WhatsApp containing conversation between pro-VC M Mahbubur Rahman and deputy registrar Chandan Kumar Das regarding the recruitment of a gardener in exchange of Tk 8 lakh went viral from a Facebook account named ‘IU Viral News’ on Sunday night.
The screenshots were made as a part of conspiracy against the pro-vice-chancellor, the case statement said.
Professor M Mahbubur Rahman told UNB that the screenshots shared on social media were completely ‘false’ and ‘fabricated’. A vested quarter tried to harm his career by spreading the false information, he alleged.
Earlier, a total of 14 audio clips containing conversations between IU vice-chancellor professor Shaikh Abdus Salam and different persons went viral on social media from February 16 to June 13 last year.
IU acting registrar HM Ali Hasan filed a GD after an audio conversation between IU VC and a jobseeker of the university’s Mass Communication and Journalism Department had gone viral on February 17.
On March 14, 2023, another audio clip of conversation between HM Ali Hasan and a contractor went viral on social media.
On November 22, several audio conversations among Awami League-backed student organisation Bangladesh Chhatra League Islamic University unit president Faisal Siddike Arafat, its general secretary Nasim Ahmed Joy and a person went viral on social media Facebook.
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