Five BCL men hurt in JU factional clash

A factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday left  five activists injured. The injured were identified as Mostofa Shahin, Sazzad Hossain, Bahar, Utsho Datta and Roni. The two factions exchanged at least 6-round of bullets during the clash.

Campus sources said, incumbent JU BCL Secretary SM Abu Sufian Chanchal swooped on Razib and physically assaulted him at central playground on the campus at 5 pm. Later, followers of Razib locked in a clash with supporters of Chanchal at Bottala. Both the group attacked each other with sharp weapons.  The injured were given first aid at the university medical centre.

About the incident, ex-BCL leader Razib Ahmed said, ‘Chanchal assaulted me without any reason. I  went to the campus with my wife to visit it.” Defying the allegation, Chanchal said, “I just told Razib to leave the campus fearing unrest due to his presence. I left the spot when he called his fellows for beating up me.”

JU Proctor A S M Firoz Ul Hasan also injured when he was trying to control the situation.When contacted A S M Firoz Ul Hasan said, “Police have been deployed on the campus to avoid untoward incident.”  “We need to raid the dormitories as several weapons seen on the campus”, he said.

 

Five BCL men hurt in JU factional clash

A factional clash of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday left five activists injured. The injured were identified as Mostofa Shahin, Sazzad Hossain, Bahar, Utsho Datta and Roni. The two factions exchanged at least 6-round of bullets during the clash. Campus sources said, incumbent JU BCL Secretary SM Abu Sufian Chanchal swooped on Razib and physically assaulted him at central playground on the campus at 5 pm. Later, followers of Razib locked in a clash with supporters of Chanchal at Bottala. Both the group attacked each other with sharp weapons. The injured were given first aid at the university medical centre. About the incident, ex-BCL leader Razib Ahmed said, Chanchal assaulted me without any reason. I went to the campus with my wife to visit it. Defying the allegation, Chanchal said, I just told Razib to leave the campus fearing unrest due to his presence. I left the spot when he called his fellows for beating up me. JU Proctor A S M Firoz Ul Hasan also injured when he was trying to control the situation.When contacted A S M Firoz Ul Hasan said, Police have been deployed on the campus to avoid untoward incident. We need to raid the dormitories as several weapons seen on the campus, he said.