Dhaka University authorities have suspended eight students for their alleged involvement in the killing of Tofazzal Hossain, two days after he was lynched at a dormitory of the university.

The decision was disclosed in a press release issued on Saturday.

Among the expelled students are three former leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League- Jalal Ahmed, a former deputy secretary of science and technology affairs of the organization, Ahsan Ullah, former secretary of mass communication and development affairs, and BCL office secretary Al Hossain Sajjad, a student of Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

The other expelled students include Mohammad Sumon of the Department of Soil, Water, and Environment; Muttakin Sakin , of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Md. Firoz Kabir of the Department of Botany, and two physics department students- Md. Abdus Samad and Wazibul Alam.

Six of the eight accused — Jalal Mia, Mohammad Suman, Ahsan Ullah, Muttakin Sakin, Al Hossain Sajjad, and Wazibul Alam — have already been arrested.

Dhaka University authorities also announced that the provost of Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall has been removed, and a new provost has been appointed to fill the position.