Dhaka, June 30 -- Jahangirnagar University authorities have suspended a student from the Department of Geography and Environment over a social media post deemed derogatory to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and formed an investigation committee to look into the matter.

The suspension of Tawfiq Islam Nabil, a student of the 50th batch from the Academic Year 2020-21, was announced in a notice posted on the university's official Facebook page on Monday.

According to the notice, Nabil was suspended for allegedly violating Section 295(A) of the Penal Code for hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post about the prophet, and also breaching Section 4(1)(b) of the JU Student Discipline Ordinance 2018.

The action was approved by ...