BCL agitation closes Barisal vet institute

Barisal Veterinary Institute was declared indefinitely closed yesterday after activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League took control of the campus and cordoned the institute's teachers and officials for three consecutive days.
Activists of the institute's BCL unit launched their agitation programme following alleged appointment of office staff and employees ignoring BCL recommendations for employment.
The activists assaulted and injured at least 20 people including journalists, police and staff in their bid to seize the campus.
Shahidul Huq, officer-in-charge of Barisal Airport Police Station, said BCL activists clashed with police on Monday and Tuesday when the law enforcers tried to control the situation.
The clash left six policemen injured, he added.
Abul Bashar, sub-inspector of the police station, lodged a case in this connection accusing 40 BCL men including its president for assaulting police.
Mahmudul Hasan, a BCL leader, said they only protested the employment of Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamaat-backed Islami Chhatra Shibir activists and illegal entrance of outsiders, including journalists and police, into the campus.