Student's death in road crash sparks violence
Police station, vehicles, market attacked
Students of a local college yesterday attacked Kamolnagar police station following death of a fellow student in a road crash in Kamolnagar upazila.
Victim Mahbubur Rahman Bappy, 17, was an intermediate student of Hajirhat Coastal College and son of Morshedul Alam Babul of Char Jangalia village in the upazila.
Locals said Bappy, who was travelling in a Ramgati-bound bus from Laxmipur to go to his college yesterday, had an altercation with the bus helper as the driver declined to stop it in front of the college.
At one stage, the helper pushed him down from the running bus, killing him instantly at Hajirhat at about 10:00am.
Outraged by the incident, his fellow students damaged a bus on Laxmipur-Ramgati road disrupting traffic on the road.
Vehicular movement on the road could not be restored till filing of the report at about 3:30pm yesterday.
Later, 50-70 college students brought out a procession and attacked Kamolnagar police station alleging indifference of the law enforcers.
Police had to fire teargas shells to disperse the attackers.
Being chased by the law-enforcers, the angry students then swooped on nearby Hajirhat Bazaar and damaged several shops.
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