, May 18 -- Students of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Jahangirnagar University (JU) held a rally and human chain on Monday, protesting alleged misconduct with university Proctor and department Chairman Prof Dr AKM Rashidul Alam and demanding the immediate arrest and punishment of the accused in the attempted rape of a female student.

The protest began around 1:00pm from the department premises and marched through different roads on the campus before ending with a brief rally at the Shaheed Minar.

Protesters chanted different slogans - "Justice, justice, we want justice", "We will not accept the humiliation of the Proctor", and "We will not tolerate the harassment of teachers."

Speaking at the rally, 51th batch student Emo...