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Download PDF A rickshaw-puller was killed and more than 50 students were injured today when around 2000 students marched through the Rajshahi University (RU) campus demanding withdrawal of law enforcers from the campus and protesting army atrocity on the Dhaka University students.
The pitched battle occurred when police resisted the demonstrating students, triggering chase and counter-chase between students and police.
Police lobbed innumerable rubber bullets and hurled around 600 tear gas shells in a bid to disperse the unruly students who were pelting policemen with brickbats, leaving the rickshaw-puller dead and over 50 students injured.
The road communications on the Rajshahi-Dhaka Highway came to a halt as the law enforcers were forced to retreat and took position on the highway. On information, additional contingent of police were deployed in the area and the RU premises turned into a battleground.
Our RU correspondent reports that among the injured, the condition of one student is critical. Our RU correspondent and Rajshahi staff correspondent were also assaulted by the agitating students.
The angry students also ransacked the administrative building of the university. They set fire to the temporary police camp, three vehicles and residence of Vice-chancellor Prof Altaf Hossain. They also cut off the telephone, power, water and cable TV connections of the VC’s home.
On the other hand, Progotishil Chhatra Jote (PCJ), a combine of left-leaning student organisations, called for an indefinite strike at the university.
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