Police atrocities
I am horrified to see the police atrocities in dealing with the students in Dhaka and Chittagong, who were protesting against hike of tuition fees and imposition of VAT on their tuition fees in private universities. The students' demands were in connection with higher education, some of which the government has already accepted. But it is astounding to see how heavily the police came down on the students in both cities. The students were not criminals, neither were they demanding any illegal things. So, the way police treated them with their truncheons is not acceptable.
The government may not be supportive of all their demands, yet ruthlessly beating the young students is not acceptable. Police should be more careful in handling the young generation.
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