10 CU students hurt in clash with transport workers

The injured are first-year students of management department. The driver and the helper of the bus were also injured.

The seriously injured student, Selim, was admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), while others took first aid at the CU medical centre, sources said. The injured were identified as Sumon, Masud, Babu, Shanto, Kafil, Lipu, Mamun and Siraj.

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Sources said the helper of the bus claimed full fare from Selim, a student of management department of the university, as he was going to the campus on Monday morning.

But Selim gave him 50 per cent of the fare as the university authorities had reached an understanding with the bus owners that students would be charged half the normal fare.

But the helper of the bus refused to receive the fare and forcibly pushed him down from the bus.

On hearing the news the angry classmates of Selim stopped the bus and beat up the helper and the driver, sources said. The transport workers retaliated by attacking the students with lethal weapons.

Vice chancellor of the university Professor AJM Nuruddin Chowdhury said that it was very unfortunate that transport workers attacked the students.

" We will take up the matter with the bus owners," he added.