RU students block road, damage three-wheelers
Students of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday blocked Dhaka-Rajshahi highway and damaged three auto-rickshaws protesting attack on a fellow by two auto-rickshaw drivers on Saturday night.
Auto-rickshaw driver Katu and his brother Saju, also an auto-rickshaw driver, beat up Amzad Hossain, a second year student of marketing department in the city as he refused to pay extra fare charged by Katu.
At one stage, Katu hit Amzad with a sharp weapon on his head, leaving him seriously injured. Hearing the news, Amzad's friends rushed to the spot and took him to the RU medical centre in an unconscious state.
Protesting the incident and demanding immediate arrest of the two auto-rickshaw drivers, several hundred students of RU marketing department yesterday put up barricades on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in front of the university main gate, disrupting traffic for one and a half hours from 12:30pm.
The agitating students withdrew the barricades after RU proctors and the officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station assured them of taking necessary legal steps against the attackers.
In the afternoon, several hundred students of different department of the university again blocked the highway at the same place and damaged three auto-rickshaws, alleging that the authorities did not take any action against the two auto-rickshaw drivers.
They also beat an auto-rickshaw driver and pelted brickbats at the law enforcers, disrupting traffic on the road for two hours from 3:30pm.
On information, RU proctors went to the spot and brought back the agitating students to the campus from the highway at around 5:30pm.
The injured auto rickshaw driver was admitted to the Rajshahi Medical Collage and Hospital in critical condition.
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