Dhaka, Aug. 27 -- Ten people were injured as police lobbed tear gas shells and charged batons to disperse engineering students, including those from Buet near Hotel Intercontinental, when they attempted to move towards the Chief Adviser's residence to press home their three-point demand.

Students of Buet, Kuet, Ruet and other engineering universities started to gather at Shahbagh intersection around 10:00 am as part of their scheduled 'March to Dhaka' programme, halting vehicular movement on roads in the adjacent areas.

At one stage, when they tried to march towards Jamuna, breaking the police barrier near Intercontinental hotel around 1:35 pm police used water cannons and charged batons to disperse them, said witnesses, as per a UNB re...