Rooms vandalised, 30 picked up

At least four rooms in Zia dormitory of Rangpur Medical College (RMC) were vandalised when activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir allegedly opted to take hold of the rooms last night around 11:30pm.
Reportedly, the rooms belonged to the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, a pro-Awami League student wing.
Chase and counter chase with sticks, iron rods and hockey sticks also took place between the Shibir and Chhatra League activists following the incident.
Dormitory sources said many students were injured during the half-an-hour chaos while Rangpur Kotwali police claimed that none was hurt.
Altab Hossain, officer-in-charge of the Kotwali police station, said they had searched the dormitory and picked up 30 people for interrogation. “We are trying to find out those who had been involved in the violence,” he said.
According to students, a group of Shibir activists swooped on several dormitory rooms that belonged to Chhatra League activists and beat up the inmates.
However, Shibir sources claimed that the rooms earlier belonged to them.