The withdrawal decision came at an emergency meeting chaired by DUTA President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique on March 18, following assurance from DU authorities that Azad would be sent abroad for treatment soon.

The DUTA started an indefinite class boycott on February 28 demanding immediate arrest and punishment of real attackers of eminent writer Prof Humayun Azad, resignation of the home minister and sending Azad abroad for treatment. Assailants stabbed Azad with butcher's knife in front of Bangla Academy at about 9:00pm on February 27 when he was returning to his campus house from the Ekushey Book Fair.

DUTA General Secretary Dr Mohammad Akhteruzzaman said they will continue demonstration until their others demands are met.