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| Bangladesh |
| Khulna Medical College closed |
| 2009-01-11 |
| Classes of Khulna Medical College (KMC) were suspended sine die yesterday after a fierce clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS). At a medical school? Obviously they don't have enough homework. Perhaps they were running short of cadavers ... Sources said at least seven persons were injured, four of them critically, in the clash Friday night when the BCL men made an attempt to set a room of Shibir leaders on fire at a hall of the college. Following the clash, students left all the three dormitories being asked by the college authorities to vacate by yesterday morning. Critically injured Rafiqul Islam, Abdullah Kafi and Mohsin Reza of ICS and Aminul Islam of BCL were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Khulna Medical College Hospital for treatment. Witnesses said a group of BCL activists armed with iron rods and sticks stormed into a hall and tried to set the room of Shibir KMC unit president and general secretary on fire around 10:00pm. The clash then erupted and continued till 10:45pm. BCL activists also ransacked 13 rooms and destroyed all personal belongings of the Shibir men. So what's the Hippocratic Oath over there? "Do harm"? "And stay away from the RAB." Injured Shibir activists alleged that a group of policemen were on duty during the attack but did not take any step to control the situation. However, Khulna Metropolitan Police DC The attack was launched without any provocation to establish supremacy of BCL in the dormitories of the college, alleged BNP lawmaker Nazrul Islam Manju. Khulna city mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque told The Daily Star that stern action would be taken if BCL, Awami League or Jubo League activists were found involved in the incident after a fair police investigation. Khulna city BCL general secretary Akhtaruzzaman Babu accused Shibir leaders of designing the untoward incident with an ulterior motive to create unnecessary chaos. |
| Posted by:Fred |