Row Over Bus Fare
Students vandalise 5 buses in capital
Students of Sharkari Biggyan College (Government Science College) yesterday went on a rampage and vandalised buses for the second consecutive day in the capital's Farmgate area following Wednesday's row with a bus staff over fare.
Vehicular movement on roads in the area were suspended for around 20 minutes due to yesterday's incident.
Police said around two hundred students came from their college and blockaded Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue around 12:30pm. At one stage, they vandalised five buses.
"We reached the spot within a short time and chased the students. They fled that time but again a small group of them gathered under Tejturi Bazar foot-over bridge and tried to block the road. We also chased them," said Omar Faruque, officer-in-charge at Tejgaon Police Station.
Police detained six students from the spot and later handed them over to their teachers.
Locals said some passengers of the buses sustained minor injuries in the incident and took treatment in local hospitals.
On Wednesday, a student of the college suffered minor injuries during a scuffle with a local bus staff inside the bus over fare.
"The matter was settled that day. I do not know why they acted in the same way today," OC Faruque said.
No case was filed in this connection.
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