12 EWU students injured as police fire rubber bullets
At least 12 were injured including several shot when students of East West University clashed with police during an anti-VAT demonstration in Dhaka Wednesday.
The students of the university claimed that at least 50 students have been injured during firing rubber bullets and charging baton on their peaceful demonstration.
Over a hundred students of the institution took to the streets around 1:30pm this afternoon protesting the 7.5 percent VAT slapped on private universities’ tuition fees. Badda-Rampura road was blocked for about half-an-hour.
