The RU syndicate took the decision yesterday after proctors of resident halls indicated the situation has gone out of control with armed cadres roaming the campus to establish supremacy.

Sources said ICS cadres raided all men's dormitories between Tuesday midnight and early yesterday. They beat up some 20 JCD leaders and activists with iron rods and ransacked their rooms.

RU Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Faisul Islam Faruki convened the syndicate meeting just after the JCD called an indefinite strike on the campus to protest what it called was the ICS-sponsored violence to undermine the JCD.

Residents of men's dormitories were asked to vacate their rooms by 6:00pm yesterday while female on-campus residents were given until 8:00am today to get out.

"All classes and examinations have been withheld but admission forms will still be available," said Pro-VC Prof AKM Shahadat Hossain Mondol.

A seven-member committee led by RU Treasurer Abdul Jabbar investigating Tuesday's incident has been asked to submit its report in seven days.

The syndicate will also request the government to launch a judicial probe into the armed clash, sources said.