Islamic University students vandalised and torched 30-40 vehicles on campus in Kushtia, as a fellow student died after being caught between two buses on Sunday. — Focus Bangla KUSHTIA, Nov 30 (UNB): Authorities on Sunday closed the Islamic University (IU) for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellowman in a road accident.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the IU syndicate. The authorities asked its male students to vacate their halls by 6 pm Sunday while the female ones by 10 am on Monday.
Earlier, students of Islamic University (IU) went on the rampage, torching 13 vehicles and vandalising 22 others on the campus following the death of a fellowman in a road accident.
Campus sources said Titu, a 3rd year student of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Department, was killed when a bus rented by the university authorities knocked down him on the campus around 12 pm.
Outraged by the incident, the fellow students went berserk torching 13 vehicles and vandalised 22 others while passing by the area.
The aggrieved students also vandalised the Academic, Faculty, Science building and TSC buildings during the mayhem.
On information, police rushed in, charged baton on the agitating students and lobbed teargas shells to disperse them.
The students also threw brick chips at police prompting the law enforcers to fire 150 rubber bullets which left 20 students injured, including six with bullets.
The students hit by bullets were taken to a local hospital.
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