Zia Medical College students boycott classes for 2nd day

Students of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SZRMC), Bogra, boycotted classes for the second consecutive day on Sunday to press home their seven-point demand, including ensuring their security.
The students went on a movement on Saturday in protest against a robbery at a female dormitory early Friday. Campus sources said the students refrained from attending classes on Sunday morning and took to the street.They formed a human chain by blocking Bogra-Rangpur highway from 11 am.
At one stage, interns of the medical college hospital expressed their solidarity with the agitating students and staged a three-hour work abstention.
The students also brought out procession on the campus.
Later, at a press briefing the protesters threatened to continue their class boycott until their demands are met.
Earlier, a group of armed miscreants swooped on a room of the female dormitory and looted valuables, including laptop, gold ornaments, mobile phone sets and cash in the early hours of Friday. – UNB