The New Nation - Internet Edition

JU Correspondent

Several hundred agitating students of the Janagirnagar University yesterday laysiege to the administrative building of the university and confined the vice-chancellor, treasurer and proctor for seven hours in protest against the police assault on a JU student on Tuesday night.

The rampaging students also put barricade on the road and blocked the movement of Dhaka bound vehicles.

According to university sources, Mehedi Ullah, a first-year student of Bangla Department and resident of Maulana Bhasani Hall, was stopped by a traffic police near the Technical Institute when he was returning to the campus at 9:00 pm on Tuesday. The police threw away his identity card and assaulted him, it was alleged. As the news of the assault spread on the campus on Wednesday the rampaging students brought out a procession on the campus and lay siege to the VC Office.

The kept VC Prof Dr Muniruzzaman, Treasurer Prof Sayed Abdul Hye and proctor Prof Sayed Kamrul Ahsan and other officials confined seven hours. The students demanded unconditional apology from the Inspector General of Police (IG) for this incident.

The authorities of the University authority met in an emergency meeting to control the situation. The proctor of the University said that they have already contacted with the high officials of the police and asked them to investigate into incident as soon as possible.

Menwhile, tension is running high on the campus.

However, VC Prof Dr Muniruzzaman, Treasurer Prof Sayed Abdul Hie and proctor Prof Sayed Kamrul Ahsan along with other officials were confined till filling this report.