S M Rony
IU correspondent
Islamic University, Sep 12 (bdnews24.com)—Islamic University has appointed 46 administrative officers against only nine posts advertised flouting rules amid allegations of massive corruption.
The Kushtia-based university's Syndicate made the appointments in a meeting on Sep 5.
Neither vice-chancellor professor M Alauddin nor pro-vice-chancellor professor Kamal Uddin were available for comment despite phone calls from bdnews24.com even though rules stipulate that all Syndicate decisions have to be communicated to the media.
The Syndicate members said the decision could not be published without the vice-chancellor's permission.
Several organisations of the university protested the illegal appointments and threatened to stage demonstrations.
Positions of six section officers and three assistant registrars were advertised six months ago.
An official with knowledge of the Syndicate decisions, speaking on condition of anonymity, said politicisation, nepotism, and huge bribes were behind the recruitment of the 46.
The official said several former and current leaders of pro-government Bangladesh Chhatra League and candidates with powerful connections from Kushtia and Jhenaidah made it through influence and bribe.
Though ad hoc appointments are against the university law, the Syndicate appointed an ad hoc senior clerk without publishing any circular, he said. In addition, pro-Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir adherents got appointments in the guise of BCL activists.
Information and communication engineering department's professor Mahbubur Rahman said, "Decisions taken in Syndicate meetings are public properties. People reserve the right to know of the appointments through the media.
"It is very unfortunate and illegal that the decision was not revealed to the reporters," Rahman added.
Another official, also preferring anonymity, said three assistant registrars, favoured by the vice-chancellor, were involved with the transaction of around Tk 10 million.
He also said the meeting was supposed to be held on Aug 31 but the Syndicate sat on Sep 5, a day before the university went on Eid vacation, to ward off any unwanted situation.
The pro-vice-chancellor, several times before, told the reporters that there were no more vacancies other than those advertised.
But, some days before the meeting, he said additional posts will be created to 'tackle the situation'.
The university teachers' leader Mizanur Rahman said, "Despite a budget deficit worth millions of taka, the Syndicate took the decision against University Grants Commission's rules which is really sad."
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