First year students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) are observing blockade programme on Wednesday, locking the university`s main gate protesting the death of their fellow Afsana Karim Rachi in an accident incide the campus.

They have been staging sit-in in front of the entrance gate of the university since 6:45AM after locking the gates of the campus to press home their eight-point demands.

Afsana, a marketing department student, died on Tuesday after being hit by a battery-run autorickshaw near the arts building of the campus.

The protest is being held by students of 53 batch and the protesters vowed to continue until the authorities accept their 8-point demands, including punishment to the culprit and ensuring safety of the students on the campus.