Dhaka-Gazipur route bus services halted

Bus movement on the Dhaka-Gazipur route remained suspended since Friday morning following a clash between Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (Duet) students and transport workers in Gazipur Sadar upazila on Thursday night.

Bus passengers were bearing the brunt of it, as no buses from the Gazipur Bus Stand left for Dhaka as of filing this report around 11:00 am on Friday, according to a UNB report.

However, bus movement on other routes from Gazipur remained normal.

Nandalal Chowdhury, inspector (investigation) of Sadar Police Station under Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), said two Duet students narrowly escaped a road accident late Thursday night when a bus hit one of the motorbikes carrying them from behind in the bus stand area on their way to campus from the Shibbari intersection.

Later, an altercation broke out between the students and the transport workers, centring on the matter, said he.

As the news of the clash spread on the Duet campus, aggrieved students from the university rushed to the spot, attacked the workers, and vandalised the windows of some buses, the inspector also said.

Protesting the attack and demanding justice, the transport workers held a protest procession and kept buses off since the morning, he said.

Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Syed Rafiul Karim Rafi said they were trying to resolve the matter so that bus movement could be resumed.