Students at Barishal University erupted in protest after a metropolitan Chhatra Dal leader entered the vice-chancellor’s office during discussions with the administration. The meeting concerned demands for justice over the road accident death of Bangla Department student Yasin Arafat and the broader situation. The incident occurred around 12pm on Monday.

Students said an external political leader entered without prior permission while they were discussing an internal and sensitive university matter. They questioned who had permitted the leader to enter the room and argued that he had no right to intervene in the university’s own affairs.

Metropolitan Chhatra Dal convener Enamul Hasan Tasnim said he had gone to express solidarity with students and to convey their demands to the vice-chancellor at the request of local guardian and MP Mujibur Rahman Sarwar. University branch Chhatra Dal president Mosharraf Hossain said he did not know why the metropolitan leader was there. Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Mamun Or Rashid said he had not been informed in advance about their arrival.