The Dhaka University Teachers' Association (Duta) took out a silent procession on the campus and later held a protest rally at the Central Shaheed Minar.

Duta President Prof Sharif Ullah Bhuiyan, General Secretary Prof Dr Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman, former Duta president Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Prof Aminur Rashid, Prof Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury, Prof Akmal Hossain, Prof Nazma Shaheen and Prof Mesbah Kamal joined the procession.

At the rally, Prof Sharif said the government has killed the innocent people who were demonstrating for their just demands.

The administration, local lawmaker and Rajshahi City Corporation mayor are responsible for the killings, he added.

In a statement, Duta also demanded exemplary punishment to the policemen who attacked photojournalists at Chittagong stadium on Sunday.

Our RU correspondent adds: The Progressive Teachers' Association (PTA) of Rajshahi University held a rally in front of Senate building yesterday in protest against the killings of 20 people at Kansat.

At the rally, the speakers demanded immediate arrest of and punishment to those responsible for the killing of farmers who were demanding uninterrupted power supply for irrigation purposes.

They also demanded withdrawal of 'false' cases against the villagers and compensation to the families of victims.

The rally was addressed by Prof Muhammad Nurullah, former RU VC Prof Saidur Rahman Khan, Prof Ananda Kumar Saha, Prof Zulfiker Matin and Prof Shamsuddin Ilyas.