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Bandh passes off peacefully
BARRING SOME minor incidents of violence, Gorakhpur bandh called by the students of the DDU University, passed off peacefully on Tuesday. Educational institutions, business establishments, cinema halls and petrol pumps were closed. The main market area wore a deserted look. Heavy police force was deployed at important places. However, no major incident was reported from any part of the district. In the morning, the roadways suspended plying of busses from 8 am to 12. Besides, some schools cancelled their home examination.
BARRING SOME minor incidents of violence, Gorakhpur bandh called by the students of the DDU University, passed off peacefully on Tuesday.
Educational institutions, business establishments, cinema halls and petrol pumps were closed. The main market area wore a deserted look.
Heavy police force was deployed at important places. However, no major incident was reported from any part of the district.
In the morning, the roadways suspended plying of busses from 8 am to 12.
Besides, some schools cancelled their home examination.
The student leaders took out a motorcycle rally and shouted slogans against university administration. They forced the closure of all educational institutions and business establishments and burnt the effigy of vice-chancellor Prof Arun Kumar, demanding fresh date for union election.
The agitated students also pelted stones at Vijay Cinema and a nursing home near Ali Nagar. They damaged the signboard of a few shops that were opened in the morning.
They forced the traders to pull down their shutters.
They also decided to organise a relay hunger strike at the administrative building from tomorrow.
The student union leaders said if the university administration failed to announce a fresh date for the election, they would intensify their agitation.
