Dhaka, April 24 -- The BNP has expelled a local leader after a female lecturer was beaten with a shoe and several teachers assaulted during an alleged extortion dispute at a government college in Rajshahi.

The incident at Daokandi Government College on Thursday triggered widespread outrage after video footage of the assault spread rapidly on social media.

On Friday, the ruling party announced the expulsion of Akbar Ali, vice-president of the Joynagar Union unit.

In a statement signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party said the action was taken for conduct that had "breached party policy, ideology, and discipline".

According to college authorities, a group of local BNP and Jubo Dal activists entered the ...