Students ransack Pabna textile college, block road
They demand re-evaluating results of 2 semesters, principal's removal
Students of Pabna Textile Engineering College demonstrate on Pabna-Dhaka highway demanding re-evaluation of the results of two semester examinations. Photo: STAR
A group of students of Pabna Textile Engineering College yesterday put up a barricade on Dhaka-Pabna highway for one and a half hours and ransacked college rooms demanding re-evaluation of their 4th and 6th semesters results. Police and witnesses said the students who failed the examinations this academic year staged demonstration on the campus and blocked the highway at Salgaria point in the district town around 12:30pm, disrupting traffic movement. On information, police rushed to the spot and charged baton on the students to disperse them. At least three students were injured in the baton charge. They are Abdullah Al Mahmud, Humayun Kabir and Moniruzzaman Mintu. The agitating students then came to the college campus from the highway and ransacked the college building. College sources said 46 examinees out of 87 failed in 4th semester final examination while 53 examinees out of 110 in 6th semester final. The agitating students blamed their teachers and college authorities for failure of over 50 percent students. The results were published recently. They demanded re-evaluation of their answer sheets and alleged that some students who did not sit for the examination were shown passed in the result sheet. The students also demanded removal of college principal. Shib Shankar Chakrabarti, acting principal of the college, said he asked the students to apply in a proper way but they went on rampage. “It is a matter of sorrow for the college as over 50 percent students could not pass. I asked the students to challenge the published result in a proper way but they barricaded the road and damaged college building. It's totally unexpected," the principal said. Md Motiur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Pabna Sadar police station, said, "They tried to control the situation peacefully but the students became agitated and hurled brickbats at police."
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments