New Market mayhem: Students place 10-point demand

The students of Dhaka College placed 10-point demand including the withdrawal of DMP Ramna Division Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sajjadur Rahman, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Harun-or-Rashid and Officer-in-Charge of New Market Police Station Sam Qayyum. 

They came up with demands at a press conference held at Dhaka College auditorium around 11:30 pm on Wednesday. 

Masum Billah, a postgraduate student in the history department of the college and Sujoy Bala, a political science student, presented the written statement during the briefing. 

They demanded that the police apologise to the college administration, exemplary punishment by identifying the instigators of the attack on the students and the attackers in the ambulances carrying the patients.

They demanded that the market owners' association and the law enforcement agencies to bear the expense of the treatment of the injured students and the families of the deceased should be given proper compensation. 

The demands include installation of CCTV cameras in every market and shop, the sidewalks should be cleared, illegal car parking should be stopped and extortion should be halted. 

They demanded that a code of conduct be formulated and implemented for the officers and employees in each market, special monitoring cell should be set up to stop harassment of the shoppers and sexual harassment of women and the cancellation of land lease of Dhaka College at Chandrima Super Market and New Market.