Chattogram: Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, Vice-chancellor of Chittagong University (CU)’ allegedly received a death threat over his cell phone.

He filed two general diaries (GD) seeking security with Khulshi and Hathazari Police Stations in this regard, said Iftekhar Uddin on Tuesday.

The officers-in-charge of Khulshi and Hathazari Police Stations, Sheikh Mohammad Nasir Uddin and Belal Uddin, respectively, acknowledged the GD filing and said they were investigating into the matter.

The CU VC said on August 16 morning, he received a call from a foreign number while the caller humiliated him terming him as ‘agent of Awami League and Sheikh Hasina’.

‘The caller said he will slaughter me and Sheikh Hasina. After that he also massaged me on Imo’, the VC said.