Dhaka, March 18 -- Jahangirnagar University has expelled 289 students for allegedly attacking fellow students during the July protests and suspended nine teachers for directly supporting police attacks.

The suspended teachers were accused of directly assisting the police crackdown, and all the expelled students were leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League, said JU Vice-Chancellor Dr Kamrul Ahsan during a press briefing at 3:15 am on Tuesday, following a closed-door Syndicate meeting that took place from 11:00 am on Monday to 3:00 pm on Tuesday at the Registrar Building, UNB reports.

"Those responsible for the attacks on students will face three categories of punishment. Former students will have their certificates revoked; st...