Quota Reform: Chopper rescues cops from Badda amid huge protests

The authorities have airlifted the policemen who were inside the Canadian University of Bangladesh amid huge student protests in the surrounding areas at Badda in Dhaka.

Around 3:00 pm on Thursday, two choppers landed on the university building and one airlifted some of the policemen from the university.

A large number of students have been protesting in the Badda area since Thursday morning, demanding a rational reform into the quota system in the government recruitments.

The authorities deployed policemen with armored vehicles to disperse the protesters, and it led to phases of clashes between two sides. At one stage, the policemen took refuge inside the private university, while the protesters were on the outside roads.

The policemen fired shotgun pellets from the building, injuring multiple students.