Police dispersed demonstrating students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and rescued VC after three and a half hours.
A group of students of SUST on Sunday confined Vice Chancellor Farid Uddin Ahmed to a room during ongoing protest on the campus.
Meanwhile, several students sustained injuries as police charged batons and blasted sound grenades while rescuing confined VC this afternoon.
Sources said the students also hurled brick chips targeting police, leaving at least one lawman injured.