NSU students stage protest over the death of classmate
PBC News: Students of North South University on Saturday staged demonstration on the campus in city’s Bashundhara residential area over the death of Maisha Mumtaz Meem, who was killed after covered van ran over her at Kuril Biswa Road Flyover.
Agitating students in the protest said Meem becomes the victim of unplanned transportation and road management. Another new name has been added to the list of deaths in road accidents. The uncertainty of students’ lives on road is increasing in such a way and it must end now.
The agitating students placed eight demands in the protest which include arresting the killer and ensuring maximum punishment, providing adequate compensation to the family of the deceased, in case of death in a road accident, the law should be amended to provide for maximum death penalty, installing CCTV cameras at all places on the road to prevent reckless overtaking and separate public transport for students.
On Friday morning, Meem, a student of English Department at NSU, was killed when a covered van rammed her scooty at about 7:30am on Kuril Biswa Road flyover at Uttara area in Dhaka.
