3 colleges’ clash in Demra: Death toll now murky as police, DMRC yet to confirm

Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (DMRC) Managing Director Ashraf Samir in an announcement claimed that three of their college students had died in clashes between the institute’s college students and americans of Kabi Nazrul Authorities College and Authorities Shaheed Suhrawardy College right this moment (25 November).

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No loads of authority, nonetheless, has confirmed the identical till the submitting of this epic at 5pm.

When contacted, DMRC administration legitimate Obaidur Rahman Mollah told The Replace Same outdated that he did no longer be taught about any deaths.

” deal of our school students and lecturers had been injured. Our most predominant has issued an announcement, but it doesn’t level out any fatalities,” he stated.

Contacted, Deputy Commissioner Md Saleh Uddin of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Wari Division told The Replace Same outdated, “We possess reports on many americans being injured. We are yet to ascertain any deaths from the clashes.”

An legitimate of the Jatrabari Police Space furthermore stated they had been yet to enter the DMRC premises for further investigation. “That is why we cannot ascertain the records of any deaths occurring for the length of the clashes.”

Meanwhile, 15 injured college students had been taken to Dhaka Clinical College Clinical institution (DMCH) following the rounds of violence in Demra, stated Inspector Md Faruk, the in-charge of DMCH police outpost.

A message from the Border Guard Bangladesh Headquarters to the media stated six platoons of the paramilitary power possess furthermore been deployed in the dwelling, where police and defense power had been working to set aside portray on epic of the clashes started in the morning.

Nearly in regards to the whole rooms on all floors of the 10-storey DMRC constructing had been vandalised for the length of the attack. Many had been seen looting the computer systems, furnishings and loads of tools on the time, reports Prothom Alo.

DMRC administration legitimate Mahfuzur Rahman told Prothom Alo that the attackers furthermore looted money from the faculty.

This day’s clashes, nonetheless, stemmed from the violence that occurred in Old Dhaka the day before right this moment afternoon.

On the beginning, college students from DMRC had vandalised the critical gate and inner of Dhaka National Clinical College and Clinical institution (DNMCH), alleging scientific malpractice and irregularities in the treatment of 18-yr-venerable student Abhijit Halder, who died whereas present process treatment on 18 November.

Soon after violence spilled into Kabi Nazrul College and Shaheed Suhrawardy College campuses, which are located shut to DNMCH.

At some level of the clashes, DMRC college students, reportedly supported by college students of plenty of loads of schools, vandalised Kabi Nazrul College and Shaheed Suhrawardy College structures — leading to right this moment’s violence conducted by the faculty students of the latter schools.