
Students of Milestone School and College on Tuesday staged protests over the attack on students by the security forces and disappearing bodies of victims of Monday’s Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash.
The government said that at least 27 were killed in the incident as of Tuesday morning while protesters said that the number of death toll was more than 150.
The protests erupted inside and outside the campus and law adviser Asif Nazrul and education adviser CR Abrar faced resistance by the students while visiting the campus at about 10:45am on Tuesday.
Students chanted slogans against the authorities when Asif Nazrul and CR Abrar arrived on the campus.
The agitating students also chased CA press secretary Shafiul Alam and deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar on the campus.
However, they duo managed to enter into the conference room of the institution.
Students began staging the protests outside the campus at about 8:00am.
Mahin Hossain, a Class XI student, wanted to know the reasons of ambulance and Army members’ presence on the campus after declaration of the end of rescue operations.
‘They have taken away bodies and parts of bodies to hide the death figure,’ he said, adding that they also beat protesting students and teachers.
Several students alleged that when teachers tried to publish the exact figure of casualties, the members of security forces charged on them.
A hectic situation was prevailing on the campus.
Chief adviser press wing in a statement on Tuesday morning denied the allegation of hiding bodies.