Kushtia Poly Instt closed after clash

Kushtia Polytechnic Institute (KPI) closed yesterday after a bomb attack that severely injured joint secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, KPI unit.

A group of youths went to Mir Mosarraf Hossain hall around 11:30am and hurled two bombs at Tanzir Alam Tazir when he was alone in his room, police said.

After the incident, the gang disappeared from the spot.

Tazir was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital with severe burns in his chest, hands and face, sources said.

Police from sadar police station and a team of Rapid Action Battalion rushed to the spot.

Police recovered splinters from the spot.

Following the incident, the institute authorities convened an urgent meeting of teachers' council at the institute where high officials of the police were also present.

The institute was closed immediately to avoid any eventualities and students were ordered to vacate the halls--one of male and another of female students--within 4:00pm.

The ongoing examinations of different sessions however will continue, said Principal of KPI Atahar Hossain.

He said the institute would reopen after the situation of the campus comes to normal.

BCL, KPI and Kushtia Government College unit brought out a procession in the town demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. They also blamed Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student front of BNP, and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, for the attack.

Additional police forces have been deployed there as a tense situation is prevailing on the campus.