UGC chairman receives death threat

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan has received death threat on Tuesday.

Prof Abdul Mannan, the chairman of UGC and former vice-chancellor of Chittagong University, received the death threat via a letter from one Nur Hossain on Tuesday, said the commission on Wednesday in a statement.

UGC Security Officer Syed Ashrafuzzaman filed a general diary (GD) with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station, in this regard.

In the GD, he sought security measures for the UGC chairman and his workplace.

/S.M