Keraniganj: At least ten students of Jagannath University (JnU) were injured as police hurled teargas shells to foil a procession in Baghshal intersection area of Dhaka on Monday morning.

A group of JnU students brought out the procession demanding construction of residential halls for them on the empty space of recently abandoned Dhaka Central Jail.

Students said they arranged the procession with an aim to move towards the Prime Minister’s office for submitting a memorandum there.

As the procession was passing Bongshal intersection area at about 9:30am, police obstructed them by laying a barricade.

When the students tried to break the police barricade, police fired tear shells which left at least 10 students injured, added the protesting students.

Meanwhile, additional police forces have been deployed in the areas adjacent to the university following the incident.