Cars vandalised on DU campus after student hit by one

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DU Correspondent
Angry students of Dhaka University (DU) Thursday vandalised at least a dozen of private cars on the university campus following a road accident that injured one of their fellow students.
The injured student was identified as Shadhon Kumar Das, a 4th year student of Psychology Department of the university.
He was immediately taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition, and then he was shifted to the Birdem Hospital.
After treatment, on-duty doctor said that the patient is out of danger.
Eye-witnesses said the accident occurred when Shadhon was returning to his dormitory Jagannath Hall on foot from the faculty. When he reached near the hall at about 1:30pm, a private car hit him while the driver was teaching driving to a college student, sources said.
On information, students became angry and started vandalising vehicles at the surrounding area of Teachers Students Centre (TSC).
Detaining the car, they set it on fire. Later, university proctorial team brought the situation under control with the assistance of police.
Additional police were deployed to avert farther untoward incident on the campus.