Kabi Nazrul, Suhrawardy College students attack, loot Mollah College

Armed with sticks, students of the Kabi Nazrul College and Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Old Dhaka vandalised and looted the Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College on Monday (25 November). 

Earlier in the morning, students of the two colleges started a long march towards the Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College at around 10am, calling it "Mega Monday."

On November 21, a Mollah College student named Avijit died while receiving treatment at the Dhaka National Medical College Hospital. Alleging negligence. They later staged a demonstration over the death, on which students of Suhrawardy and Kabi Nazrul colleges allegedly attacked. 

On Sunday, students from over a dozen colleges attacked Suhrawardy College in what they said was a retaliatory move. They vandalised at least six vehicles at Suhrawardy College and tried to attack Kabi Nazrul Government College but failed to enter the campus. 

Later the same day, Students of Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College announced an indefinite closure of the institution, demanding the immediate identification and exemplary punishment of those involved in an attack on the college.

They also threatened to disaffiliate Dr Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College if their demands were not met.