Dhaka Public College Campus
Students riot protesting relocation
Dhaka University Teachers' Association forms a human chain in front of the Aparajeya Bangla on the campus yesterday demanding speedy trial of the war criminals of 1971. Photo: STAR
Several hundred students of Dhaka Public College took to the streets yesterday vandalising cars and shops in Panthapath of the capital protesting its authorities' decision of relocating the campus. Witnesses said police charged baton and fired eight rounds of rubber bullets and six tear gas canisters to disperse the agitators. A student was injured in the clash. Injured Golam Kibria Asif, 17, was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from a private hospital with bullet wounds in his leg. The students also blockaded the road in Panthapath for about an hour. Enamul Haque, officer-in-charge of Kolabagan Police Station, said some teachers of the college were in favour of the college relocation while others have been opposing it. He said a number of students were agitating yesterday protesting the decision for campus relocation. “They [students] took to the streets at 11:00am and vandalised about ten cars,†said Enamul Haque. Asif, however, told reporters at DMCH that they were trying to form a human chain in front of Bashundhara City shopping complex when policemen swooped upon them.
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