Two JU female students expelled over drug use

Jahangirnagar University (JU) has expelled two female students for two years after finding them guilty of possessing and consuming narcotics in a residential hall.

The university also permanently expelled them from Nawab Faizunnesa Hall and recommended filing a criminal case against one of them under the country’s narcotics laws. Registrar ABM Azizur Rahman announced the decisions while briefing reporters after a Syndicate meeting on Tuesday.

The expelled students are Tanuja Tithi, 51st-batch student of the Management Studies Department and Sanjida Amir Inisi, 48th-batch student of the Drama and Dramatics Department.

University authorities formed an inquiry committee after recovering narcotics from Room 116 of Nawab Faizunnesa Hall. The committee found that both students violated the Jahangirnagar University Discipline Ordinance-2018, which prohibits the possession, use and trade of local or foreign narcotic substances on the university campus, including academic buildings and residential halls.