Asking the students staging demonstrations on the streets to return to their educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it is not their duty to damage vehicles. “Please don’t do this, please get back to your respective educational institutions, engage in your studies, those who are responsible (in recent deaths on the roads) must face punishment, they have been found out,” she said. Sheikh Hasina said this while inaugurating a mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the premises of Bangladesh Shishu Academy and the laying foundation of Joyeeta Foundation tower in Dhanmondi area. The programme was arranged at Osmani Memorial Auditorium while the Prime Minister joined it virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban. Read: Avoid unnecessary travel, Dhaka urges expats in Africa “A new wave of Coronavirus is coming. If it (new wave) hits (the country), the educational institutions will be closed. So, go back to your educational institutions and concentrate on your studies,” she said. Hasina said those who are responsible for ransacking and torching vehicles will also be identified and punished. “If anyone dies in such a vehicle (ransacked and torched), if anyone is burnt, tough punishment will be meted out. We need to keep this in mind,” she warned. About the recent road accidents, the Prime Minister said law enforcement agencies are very much aware and alert and the culprits have been captured already taking help from the video footage and modern technologies. The Prime Minister urged all to remain cautious and careful on the roads and strictly follow traffic rules. “There’re specific places to cross roads. If people try to cross roads indiscriminately then accidents will happen. A moving vehicle cannot stop abruptly. It has to happen slowly,” she said. She came down heavily on those who always block roads, damage vehicles and put vehicles on fire after any accident instead of helping the victim to get quick treatment. “There’re passengers, children and students in those vehicles that are set on fire, if anyone is hurt, burnt and dies, who will take the responsibility?” she questioned, adding, “The attackers have to take the responsibility, naturally.”