Dhaka, March 16 -- Army personnel have rescued Dr Anindita Datta, an associate professor at Bangladesh Medical University and daughter of the institution's former vice-chancellor Pran Gopal Datta, after she was confined in her office by a group of individuals.

Anindita was taken to her home in Dhanmondi by army personnel after 2:30pm on Sunday, according to Brigadier General Abu Noman Mohammad Mosleh Uddin, director of Bangladesh Medical University Hospital.

"As far as I know, our administration called the army," he said.

"Later, police also arrived at the scene. Army members took the doctor out of the hospital and transported her home."

Earlier in the day, a group of people reportedly locked Anindita in her office at the university's...