Six BCL men injured in factional clash at RU

At least six BCL activists were injured in a factional clash at Rajshahi University over a trivial matter yesterday.

Limon, Ikram, Maruf, Jashim, Rashid and Sohel -- followers of former BCL central committee leader Shakibul Hasan Baki -- received primary treatment from the university’s medical centre, campus sources said.

The clash ensued when RU BCL activist Kamrul, a supporter of RU BCL’s incumbent general secretary Faisal Ahmed Runu, beat up Limon at the guestroom of Madar Bux Hall where the latter went to meet his friends around 1:30pm.

Limon asked Kamrul, who is junior to him, either to sit “in a good manner or get out of the room”, triggering an altercation, they said. At one stage, Kamrul and his friends beat Limon up.

Baki’s followers then went to Kamrul’s room and vandalised its windows.

Following the incident, RU BCL vice presidents Suranjit Prasad Britto, Arif Bin Jahir, organising secretary Chanchal Kumar Orko, and more than 200 activists -- including Saimun, Borno, Subroto and Kamrul -- gathered in front of the dormitory with iron roads, sticks, machetes and other sharp weapons. They attacked other group members.

Contacted, injured Limon said Kamrul misbehaved and beat him up.

Kamrul could not be contacted  for comments.

RU BCL general secretary Faisal Ahmed Runu said Kamrul and Limon first scuffled. The hall unit’s BCL activists might have been beaten up as Baki’s followers went to beat Kamrul and vandalised the windows.

RU Proctor Prof Lutfor Rahman said they took the situation under control and deployed more law enforcers to avoid any untoward incident.