JU students besiege admin building protesting at corruption

A group of students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University laid a siege to the administrative building of the university on Tuesday morning, demanding end of felling trees and judicial probe into the allegations of corruption in the development project.

Under the banner of Jahangirnagar Against Corruption, a joint platform of students and teachers of the university besieged the administrative building around 8:00am, reports UNB.

They will continue the programme till 4:00pm and announce their next course of action later.

On Sunday, the platform announced the siege programme from a press conference at the Teacher and Student Centre (TSC) of the university.

The felling of trees on the campus to execute the Tk 14.45 billion development project angered the teachers and students.

It was also alleged that JU unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders took Tk 200 million promising not to stand in the way of the project.

BCL is the student wing of ruling Awami League.