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Published : 18 Mar 2025, 01:14 AM
Anindita Datta, an associate professor at Bangladesh Medical University and daughter of former vice-chancellor of the university, Pran Gopal Datta, has filed a police complaint after being confined at her workplace for nearly six hours.
Shahbagh Police Station chief Khalid Mansur said, “Anindita sent a man around noon. She wanted to file a complaint, feeling threatened. We accepted it.”
Anindita, an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging, works in the university’s F Block, known as the Cancer Bhaban.
Prof Gopal served as vice-chancellor of the university, formerly known as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, or BSMMU, from 2009 to 2015.
In 2021, he was elected unopposed as a member of parliament for Cumilla-7.
The university was officially renamed Bangladesh Medical University last Thursday.
A doctor at the university hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said following a shift in the political landscape of the country on Aug 5, several cases were filed against Gopal in Dhaka and Cumilla.
The doctor said that Anindita had refrained from coming to the university since the fall of the Awami League government on Aug 5, but resumed attendance a couple of days ago.
On Mar 16, a group of people reportedly locked Anindita in her office at the university’s cancer unit after her arrival at 8am.
Later, after 2:30pm, army personnel rescued and took her to her Dhanmondi home.
