2 advisers, CA press secy leave Milestone School after 9-hour confinement amid protests
After remaining confined for nearly nine hours amid student protests, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, Education Adviser CR Abrar and Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam managed leave the Milestone School and College campus in Diabari area of Uttara in the capital today (22 July) under police protection.
They left the campus around 4pm from the rear gate but students obstructed their convoy at Diabari intersection. The convoy again entered into the campus.
Around 7:30pm, they were escorted out of the college by police in vehicles. Later, the vehicles carrying them exited through the internal road of the metrorail depot, according to police.
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Earlier, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, Education Adviser CR Abrar and CA's Press secretary Shafiqul Alam went to the Milestone School and College around 10am.
Upon their arrival, its students started staging demonstrations on its compound protesting what they called 'falsehoods' surrounding the casualties in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crash, reports UNB.
A tense situation had been prevailing in the area over the issue.
When the advisers were preparing to leave, the students surrounded them and began chanting slogans.
Later, the advisers — accompanied by the CA's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and several teachers — moved to the conference room on the ground floor of Building No. 5 to hold discussions with a delegation of five to seven student representatives.
Meanwhile, hundreds of students continued their protests outside the building, demanding perfect disclosure of the names and identities of those who have died; a verified list of the injured and compensation for the affected families.
Additional members of law enforcement agencies, including Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Public Order Management (POM), Rab entered the school compound around 3:15pm.
Being escorted by police, the Advisers and CAS's press secretary attempted to leave the campus around 3:30pm but before they could exit through the main gate a group of angry students blocked the road at Diabari roundabout and forced them to return to the compound.
