A group of students and teachers of Jahangirnagar University laid a siege to the administrative building of the university on Tuesday morning, demanding the stop of construction of halls felling trees. They also demanded 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 besieged the administrative building around 8am. They continued the obstruction till 4pm and will 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.