Police have fired rubber bullets during clashes with students of Jahangirnagar University protesting against detention of a fellow student, leaving several people injured, witnesses said on Thursday.
At least five students suffered bullet injuries from police action as they attempted to disperse the protesters immediately after midnight on Wednesday.
The violence broke out after police detained the student on allegations that he attacked a leader of the ruling Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
In response to the police attack, the students blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway following the midnight clash.
The students also vandalised the main gate of the university and its several other buildings.
The protesters said unidentified assailants stabbed the leader of a faction JU BCL unit, Tahmidul Islam Likhon, late Wednesday. He was found wounded near the main gate around 10:15pm on Wednesday.
He was rushed to the medical centre on the campus and then was shifted to Enam Medical College Hospital at Savar.
Likhon, a post graduate student of the Department of Economics, is a resident of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall.
He was out of the campus for a long time but returned recently after a change in the post of Vice Chancellor following months of protests.
Police arrested Nahid, a 39th batch student of the Department of Anthropology, from the Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall on Wednesday night over the attack on Likhon.
His friends, unhappy with his arrest, vandalised the house of Provost Emdadul Haque and assaulted him.
The clash with police erupted when the students tried to vandalise a police van.
'Rakib', from 39th batch of the Department of Pharmacy, 'Robin', from 41st batch of the Department of Mathematics, 'Maruf', from 39th batch of the Institute of Information Technology, 'Nahid', from the Department of Finance and Banking and 'Bashir', from the 40th batch of the Department of Statistics, were injured in the firing.
They were treated in the medical centre on the campus.
After the firing, the students started demonstrating by blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of the main gate. They have smashed several vehicles.
bdnews24.com's JU Correspondent Ahmed Sajal was injured in an attack by the demonstrators while he attempted to take photographs. They also damaged his camera.
Police finally freed Nahid and left the campus after the demonstration started.
Vice Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain tried to calm the students but he failed to find an immediate solution.
"The university will have to be shut down if this situation continues," he said.
Pro-VC Prof Farhad Hossain, Registrar Abu Bakr Siddique, Treasurer Prof Nasiruddin and Proctor Prof Tapan Kumar Saha came to resolve the situation through discussion but failed.
"We'll have to see why the police fired rubber bullets," the Proctor said.
At least five students suffered bullet injuries from police action as they attempted to disperse the protesters immediately after midnight on Wednesday.
The violence broke out after police detained the student on allegations that he attacked a leader of the ruling Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
In response to the police attack, the students blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway following the midnight clash.
The students also vandalised the main gate of the university and its several other buildings.
The protesters said unidentified assailants stabbed the leader of a faction JU BCL unit, Tahmidul Islam Likhon, late Wednesday. He was found wounded near the main gate around 10:15pm on Wednesday.
He was rushed to the medical centre on the campus and then was shifted to Enam Medical College Hospital at Savar.
Likhon, a post graduate student of the Department of Economics, is a resident of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall.
He was out of the campus for a long time but returned recently after a change in the post of Vice Chancellor following months of protests.
Police arrested Nahid, a 39th batch student of the Department of Anthropology, from the Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall on Wednesday night over the attack on Likhon.
His friends, unhappy with his arrest, vandalised the house of Provost Emdadul Haque and assaulted him.
The clash with police erupted when the students tried to vandalise a police van.
'Rakib', from 39th batch of the Department of Pharmacy, 'Robin', from 41st batch of the Department of Mathematics, 'Maruf', from 39th batch of the Institute of Information Technology, 'Nahid', from the Department of Finance and Banking and 'Bashir', from the 40th batch of the Department of Statistics, were injured in the firing.
They were treated in the medical centre on the campus.
After the firing, the students started demonstrating by blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of the main gate. They have smashed several vehicles.
bdnews24.com's JU Correspondent Ahmed Sajal was injured in an attack by the demonstrators while he attempted to take photographs. They also damaged his camera.
Police finally freed Nahid and left the campus after the demonstration started.
Vice Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain tried to calm the students but he failed to find an immediate solution.
"The university will have to be shut down if this situation continues," he said.
Pro-VC Prof Farhad Hossain, Registrar Abu Bakr Siddique, Treasurer Prof Nasiruddin and Proctor Prof Tapan Kumar Saha came to resolve the situation through discussion but failed.
"We'll have to see why the police fired rubber bullets," the Proctor said.
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