The Islamic University (IU) has been closed for an indefinite period as the students went berserk following the death of a fellow student in a road accident.
The decision to close the university was taken at an emergency meeting of the IU syndicate on Sunday.The university authorities asked its male students to vacate their halls by 6 pm on Sunday and the female ones by 10 am on Monday.
Earlier, students of Islamic University (IU) went on the rampage, torching 13 vehicles and vandalising 22 others on the campus following the death of a fellow in a road accident.
Campus sources said Titu, a 3rd year student of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering e Department, was killed when a bus rented by the university authorities knocked down him on the campus around 12 pm.
Outraged by the incident, the fellow students went berserk torching 13 vehicles and vandalising 22 others that plied by the area.
The angry students also vandalised the Academic, Faculty, Science and Teacher-Student Centre buildings during the mayhem.
On information, police rushed to the campus, charged baton on the agitating students and lobbed teargas shells to disperse them.
The students also threw brick chips at police prompting the law enforcers to fire 150 rubber bullets which left 20 students injured, including six with bullets.
The students hit by bullets were taken to a local hospital. – UNB
