Dhaka: Dhaka University students on Tuesday staged demonstration on the campus protesting at the killing of Gaibandha-1 ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton.

Witnesses said a group of students under the banner of ‘Dhaka University general students' formed a human chain at the foot of Raju Sculpture at about 12:00pm.

They demanded the arrest of the killers of MP Liton and their exemplary punishment. 

Hasanur Rahman Hasu, a post-graduate student of DU Health Economics Department and a resident of Sundarganj in Gaibandha, initiated the programme.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) general secretary SM Jakir Hossain, its central committee vice-president Mehedi Hasan Rony and joint general secretary Chandra Shekhar Mondal, among others, attended the programme.