Tensions heightened at Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara area on Tuesday amid students’ demonstrations on its compound, protesting what they called ‘falsehoods’ surrounding the casualties in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) aircraft crash.

Addition members of law enforcement agencies, including Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and Public Order Management (POM), Rab were seen entering the school compound around 3:15 pm, reports our correspondents from the spot.

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, Education Adviser and CA’s Press secretary Shafiqul Alam are still confined to college building.

The protest began around 10:30am during a visit by two government advisers—Law Adviser Asif Nazrul and Education Adviser CR Abrar—who came to assess the situation firsthand.

As the advisers were preparing to leave, the students surrounded them and began chanting slogans: ‘Fake! Fake’!

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Later, the advisers—accompanied by the Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and several teachers—moved to the conference room on the ground floor of Building No. 5 to hold discussions with a delegation of five to seven student representatives.

Meanwhile, hundreds of students continued their protests outside the building.

The students are demanding the accurate disclosure of the names and identities of those who died, a verified list of the injured, and compensation for the affected families.

The death toll from the BAF jet crash at Milestone School and College has climbed to 27, as eight more victims succumbed to their injuries at the Burn Institute on Monday night.

“A total of 78 people are admitted to four hospitals. The deceased include 25 children, one pilot, and one teacher. The bodies of 20 victims have already been handed over to their relatives,” said Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Dr Sayedur Rahman during a briefing at 8am Tuesday at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.