Breaking through the police barricade, agitating students from different public universities got mobilised at Shabagh intersection in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon.
They gathered there around 4 pm as part of the nationwide 'Bangla Blockade' and at one stage broke through human shield of riot-geared police. They were also seen climbing up onto armoured personnel vehicle and the water cannons deployed there.
Police surrounded them from three sides and a tensed situation prevails there while filing of this report at about 5:15 pm.
Students have been protesting in the capital and different parts of the country for several days to demand the reformation of the quota system in the government jobs.
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