BartaBangla Report :: Classes for Wednesday at Chittagong University have been suspended following clashes between angry students and transport workers over the death of a student.

First-year accounting student Ahmad Fazlul Mawla Shubho died in a head-on collision between a minibus and an auto-rickshaw on Tuesday afternoon, witnesses said.

Students then locked in clashes with minibus drivers and helpers near the university gate number 1.

Deputy Registrar SM Akbar Hossain told that Wednesday’s routines for all classes and examinations were cancelled.

Chittagong University Police Outpost Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam said the angry students kept the Chittagong-Rangamati road near the gate number 1 blocked until evening.

Police and witnesses said seven people, including Shubho, were injured in the collision near the rail station at around 12:30pm.

Proctor Siraj-ud-Doula told that Shubho was first rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital and later shifted to Medical Centre Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Another injured in the accident, five-year-old ‘Maruf’, also died on Tuesday night, the Proctor added.