Several scores of Jagannath Hall residents laid siege to the Dhaka University vice-chancellor’s house on Friday night demanding restrictions on vehicle movement trough the campus, witnesses said.
The students went out on demonstrations after a traffic accident in which a fourth-year student, Sadhan Kumar Gosh, was injured in a road accident on the campus on Thursday.
The authorities did not file any case in this connection two days inside the accident and they had not taken any effective measures to restrict vehicle movement on the campus, protestors said.
Witnesses said the students earlier laid siege to the hall provost’s quarters and then marched towards the vice-chancellor’s house about 11:30pm.
The students put forth their demands such as imposition of restrictions on vehicle movement on the campus without stickers provided by the authorities, filing cases against the driver who had hit the student on Thursday, proper checking at the entry points of the campus and removal of the Shahbagh police officer-in-charge.
The students left the place after the proctor, KM Saiful Islam, had assured them of looking into their demands.
The proctor said they were taking measures against reckless driving.
