Begum Rokeya University (BRU) has provided financial assistance to the family of the university’s English department student Abu Sayeed who was killed during the recent quota reform movement.
A team from the BRU administration went to Pirganj in Rangpur Friday morning and handed over a cheque of Tk 7,50,000 to Abu Sayeed’s parents.
Proctor Shafiqul Islam confirmed the matter.
He said, “According to the directives of the vice-chancellor, the university administration keeps contact with Abu Sayeed’s parents.”
Abu Sayeed, a student of the 12th batch of the Department of English at Begum Rokeya University was killed on July 16 last in Rangpur during the quota reform movement.
The university’s vice-chancellor has pledged that the university administration will stand by Abu Sayeed’s family.