Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute is going to take punitive action against 16 students over throwing its principal into a pond on the campus.

Police claims to have arrested five accused in a case filed in connection with pushing Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute’s principal into a pond on the campus.

Police arrest four students of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute on charge of pushing the institute’s principal into a pond on the campus on Saturday.

Boycotting classes and examinations, teachers and students of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute are demonstrating on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway to realise their six-point demand including punishment of those who pushed the institute’s principal into a pond on the campus yesterday.