JU halls face blackouts, protestors fear police raid
Campus Desk
A fear of police crackdown has been sparked among the students as electricity supply and network access were cut off at Jahangirnagar University (JU) halls on Wednesday night.
It was known that the electricity went off around 10:30pm and the network services went down around 9pm and were still disrupted at the time of filing of this report at 12am on Thursday.
However, there was electricity in the Dairy Farm area, opposite the campus.
Around midnight, a large number of law enforcers were posted outside the main entrance of the university equipped with armoured vehicles.
At least 100 protesters were injured in clashes between police and students at JU this evening between 5:15pm and 8:00pm. Most of the injuries were caused by shotgun pellets, said Rezwanur Rahman, an on-duty doctor at the JU Medical Center.
Amid the chaos, around 7:00pm, the vice chancellor and senate members left the new administrative building.
With the blackouts, a tense situation has been prevailing on the campus.
Protesters fear that the police may raid the halls or Chhatra League members may carry out attacks at night. Some students left the campus, while others stayed put.
