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Roadblock by students

1 September 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon

Students of Boda Pathraj College put up a barricade on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Road for about two hours on Tuesday demanding removal of the principal. They also submitted a memorandum to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO). Officer-in- Charge (OC) of Boda police station quoting students said the principal punished two students two days ago. He also seized 17 mobile sets from students in different classes on Monday. This agitated the students, he said. Witnesses said, the students put up barricade on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Road from 12:00am to 1:45pm. At one stage when some of the students were not joining the programme, a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists appeared with sticks and forced them to put up barricade. General secretary of Boda Upazila Chhatra League led the agitation programme. Hearing the news, lawmaker of Panchagarh-2 constituency Nurul Islam Shujan suspended all activities of Boda upazila Chhatra League for indefinite period.