Four hurt as BCL factions scuffle at DU women’s dorm
Two factions of Chhatra League locked in a scuffle over supremacy at Dhaka University's Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall yesterday evening, leaving at least four female students hurt.
The tussle ensued around 8:00pm inside the hall between a group led by the hall's BCL unit President Kohinur Akhter Rakhi and General Secretary Sanjina Yasmin and another group led by Rawnak Jahan, former Liberation War affairs deputy secretary of the hall unit of BCL, said sources.
Over the past few days, Rawnak accompanied by her follower Tania Akhter Taposhi had been mobilising resident students of the hall to create a new faction against Rakhi and Sanjina. Enraged by that, Rakhi and Sanjina locked in an altercation with Rawnak and her followers in the evening. At one point, several dozens of students belonging to both groups started punching each other, which left four students including Rawnak and Tania hurt.
The injured students were taken to the university's medical centre where they took primary treatment.
DU Proctor Prof AKM Golam Rabbani, who visited the hall after the incident, said he received information that the incident took place following a "misunderstanding" among few students. The hall authorities have been asked to look into the matter, he said, adding, they will take action against those guilty after conducting a probe.
Terming the incident "unaccepted", DU BCL unit General Secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat said they were trying to resolve the matter through discussion. If that fails they will take organisational action against those guilty.
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