University of Asia Pacific students attacked at Farmgate

A group of University of Asia Pacific students came under attack when they tried to reach Farmgate intersection with a procession from their campus on Sunday, witnesses said.

According to the witnesses, a group of yet-to-be-known youths wearing helmets swooped on the demonstrating students with sticks near Ananda Cinema Hall in Farmgate around 12:30pm.

Dispersed and chased, the protesting students of University of Asia Pacific took shelter on their campus.

The attackers, then, vandalised windows of Asia Pacific University campus located in Farmgate’s Green Road.

Students started to gather in different streets of the capital for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday morning demanding safe roads and justice for death of two of their fellows in a road accident on 29 July.

The movement sparked off after shipping minister Shajahan Khan smilingly compared the Dhaka Airport Road accident with the one in India, which killed 33 people, while talking to newsmen within one hour of the crash.