A group of students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University laid a siege to the administrative building of the university today, demanding stopping construction of halls felling trees and judicial probe into the allegations of corruption in the mega development project.
Under the banner of Jahangirnagar Against Corruption, a joint platform of students and teachers of university, they besieged the administrative building around 8am.
They will continue to the programme till 4pm and announce their next course of action later.
On Sunday, the platform announced the siege programme from a press conference at the Teacher-and-Student Centre (TSC) of the university.
The felling of trees on the campus to execute the Tk 1,445-crore development project angered the teachers and students.
It was also alleged that Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders took Tk 2 crore promising not to stand in the way of the project, reports UNB.
