<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Rajshahi University vice-chancellor Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar has said those who set fire on rail line are not the students of the university but outsiders.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Prof Sattar said this in a press briefing at administrative building of the university around 1:30 on Monday, a day after the incident.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>"We tried to make the agitating students understand to stop the demonstrations and are working to solve the issue," the VC said.</div><div><br></div><div>"We also assured the student of fulfilling their demands. The authorities will work to restrict the outsiders on the campus."</div><div><br></div><div>Students have been asked to bring university ID card while roaming on the campus, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Golam Sabbir said they are also working to ensure proper treatment of the students who were injured during the clash.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said the university will resume academic and administrative activities on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>"Police fired rubber bullet and hurled tear gas shells during the clash between the students and locals. University administration did not ask them to fire."</div><div><br></div><div>A 5-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident, he said adding, the committee was asked to submit the report within the7 working days.</div><div><br></div><div>A group of youths set fire to railway tracks on Sunday night following the clash between students and locals, halting rail communication between Rajshahi and Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 8pm, the students set fire to the rail line near the Faculty of Fine Arts of the university, Rajshahi Railway Station Super Abdul Karim said.</div><div><br></div><div>The clash took place in the city's Binodpur area near the university campus on Saturday night, leaving at least 200 students injured.</div><div><br></div><div>The students of the university blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Sunday&nbsp; to protest the “attack on them by locals and police on Saturday.”</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, the students demonstrated in front of the administrative building of the university and locked the building to protest&nbsp; the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>The protesting students shouted slogans with their six-point demand, calling for justice.</div><div><br></div><div>Justice for the attack on RU students by locals and police, stopping the entry of outsiders in the university and ensuring safety of the students, ensuring on-campus accommodation for all students, ensuring proper treatment of the injured students were among the demands. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>