After clashes between traders from New Market and students of Dhaka College on the capital’s Mirpur Road, the situation was relatively calm on Wednesday morning, with the movement of traffic returning to normal.
Due to the tense atmosphere as well as the hailstorm early in the day, many traders did not open their shops in the morning, reports Bangla Tribune.
Employees were seen standing still with worried looks on their faces in front of their shops.
Meanwhile, the situation inside Dhaka College was tension-filled, with no students in sight.
Traffic movement on the capital’s Mirpur Road on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThe administrative office was also mostly deserted with the exception of a few employees.
Several police officers were seen in the area, keeping watch to prevent any further untoward incidents.
On Tuesday, at least 40 people, including pedestrians and media persons, were injured in the clashes between New Market traders and Dhaka College students.
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Among them, A 20-year-old worker of a delivery service died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital later in the day from his injuries.
Another worker is currently on life support at the same hospital.
Employees are seen walking inside New Market as shops did not open in the morning of Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneOn the other hand, senior police officials said at least 20 cops were injured during the clashes.
Although small incidents of clashes between students and traders in the New Market area are a regular phenomenon, the situation took a much worse turn this time around.
An ambulance with a patient inside was vandalized near the New Market foot-overbridge.
At one point, the authorities snapped mobile internet services in the area as the situation worsened further.
