Students of Jahangirnagar University on Tuesday boycotted all classes and examinations protesting police attack on the fellow students on Monday.

They also demanded punishment of the policemen who attacked the students during the demonstration demanding reformation of the existing quota system in the civil service.

The decision of boycotting classes and examinations was taken an emergency meeting of the executive body of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Forum on Monday night, said Armanul Islam Khan, convener of student forum.

Earlier on Monday, at least 60 students were injured as police swung into action to disperse university students and job seekers staging demonstrations on Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding reform of the existing quota system in government services.

The agitating students brought out a protest procession in front of the central library on Tuesday at 9:30am.

They also declared Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury as ‘unwanted’ on the JU campus if she will not withdraw her comments that she made on Monday night in the parliament and questioned the role of media.

They also demanded an apology from her.

At Monday’s session at National Parliament, Matia Chowdhury termed the protestors as the children of war criminals.

JU Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam has extended her support to the demand of students.

Meanwhile, JU teachers association in a press release condemned police attack and also demand immediate punishment to the cops who were involved in the attack.