— 4 students injured
— Police charge batons and tear shells at agitating students
— Students hurl brickbats at law enforcers
— Several students picked up
— Traffic movement halted from Shahbagh to Science Laboratory intersection
Students of seven government colleges that have recently been affiliated with Dhaka University clashed with police this morning while staging demonstration at Dhaka’s Shahbagh demanding announcement of dates and schedule for their examinations.
At least four students were injured during the clash and several others were detained from the spot, reports our DU correspondent.
Following the clash, vehicular movement from Shahbagh to Science Laboratory intersection remained halted when the report was filed around noon.
The students were from Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Shaheed Suhrawrdy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnesa Government Mohila College, Mirpur Government Bangla College, and Government Titumir College.
“We told them (students) to move their demonstration elsewhere as Shahbagh is a busy intersection and the demo would have caused sufferings for commuters. The students did not listen to us and instead hurled brickbats at us, so we tried to disperse them,” said HM Azimul Haque, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Ramna Police Station.
After the clash, the agitating students moved to Bata Signal at Elephant Road while a team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police also took position there.
“We are talking to the agitating students and trying to control the situation,” said Sajjad Ibne Raihan, senior assistant superintendent of police of New Market Police Station.
The students formed a human chain and staged a sit-in in front of the National Museum around 10:00am, before policemen charged batons and tear shells to disperse them from the spot.
“Our families cannot bear to send us money regularly. As our examinations are not being held in time due to the session jam, our future has become bleak and that is why we tried to hold peaceful demonstration demanding announcement of examination date and schedule, but police did not allow us to stage the demonstration,” Jamal Uddin Ahmed, a student of Kabi Nazrul Government College, told The Daily Star.
Source: The Daily Star
