8 hurt as BCL, JCD clash at Rangamati
Eight activists of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal (JCD) were injured in a clash at Rangamati Government College yesterday.
The injured are Panchanan Bhattacharya, president of BCL college unit, its General Secretary Shahjahan Rion, Organising Secretary Roni and activist Rashed. The injured JCD activists are Sujan, Morshed, Nazrul and Mishu.
Sujan, Nazrul and Morshed were admitted to Rangamati General Hospital while the rest given first aid at the hospital.
Police said the trouble began at around 2:00pm when some JCD men assaulted a BCL activist named Arif who refused to join a procession they brought out on the college campus.
Hearing the news, BCL college unit President Panchanon Bhattacharya along with some other BCL activists rushed to the campus and had an altercation with JCD men, resulting in a clash between the two rival student bodies.
Both sides used lethal weapons during the clash that continued for half an hour.
On information, police went the spot and dispersed the clashing groups.
“Situation is under control and additional police have been deployed on the campus to avert any further incident,” said Babul Uddin Sarder, officer in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police Station.
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