The teachers, under the banner of IU Teachers Association, are boycotting the VC since July 19 for his alleged complicity in 'mass appointments' done by his predecessor and abstaining from taking classes since then. They are demanding appointment of a new VC. Classes and examinations are not held in IU since July 19.

Meanwhile, activists of ruling BNP's student wing Jatyiatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) ransacked and locked the IU transport pool office yesterday to force the university administration to stop plying of all transports immediately, saying this is incurring heavy expenditures every day while classes are not held.

According to police and campus sources, a group of JCD men attacked the university transport pool office at about 11:00am. They ransacked four rooms and furniture, damaged documents and window panes, forced officials and staffs out and locked it.

Sources said JCD activists earlier urged the authorities not to ply university transports as classes or examinations were not held due to teachers' strike.

Sources in the transport pool said the university has 40 buses, four microbuses, two private cars and two ambulances, which cost about Tk 1.2 lakh a day for fuel and other expenses.

Teachers' organisations and student bodies belonging to different political parties also urged the university authorities earlier to stop plying of the transports. But they ignored it.

After ransacking the transport pool office, JCD activists said they will damage vehicles if those ply while classes are not held.

At about 3 pm yesterday, sources at the IU Registrar office said the authorities were still undecided about the matter.

Teachers aligned with different political parties are demanding appointment of a new vice-chancellor from among them since Prof Rafiqul Islam resigned on June 22 in the face of agitation by JCD. He was the 8th VC of IU.

The deadlock started when the government appointed IU Treasurer Prof Anwarul Karim acting VC on July 18.

IUTA is now pressing its three-point demand-- appointment a new VC from among IU teachers, removal of Prof Anwarul Karim from the post of acting vice-chancellor and judicial probe into alleged corruption by the former VC and some other officials and mass appointments during his tenure.

IUTA sources claimed that Prof. Anwarul Karim had cooperated with former VC Prof. Rafiqul Islam in 'mass appointments', in which JCD and Islami Chhatra Shibir men were recruited.

Upon a writ, the High Court on July 20 issued a rule on IU authorities to explain within two weeks why recruitment of 89 employees against 53 posts will not be declared illegal.

All the appointments were done violating the University Grants Commission (UGC) rules.