[Bangla Daily Star] Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ...
(BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) clashed at Sirajganj Government College Thursday morning leaving at least 30 injured.
The clash began at around 11:00am following heated arguments on the 2009-10 session syllabus of National University.
Witnesses said the two groups hurled brick chips on each other as more and more of their supporters joined them.
The clashing students vandalised seven houses and eight shops in the area.
Getting the news, police rushed there and lobbed at least 20 tear gas canisters to disperse them.
Two hours after the clash began, police took the situation under their control.
By this time, 30 from both the groups were maimed. Of them, 15 were sent to Sirajganj General Hospital.
Police nabbed two JCD activists -- Ranju and Nibir.
"We are deploying additional police forces to stop further clash," said Delwar Hossain Syedi, Sirajganj additional superintendent of police.
The students used to riot in Paris during the Middle Ages, too.
| Then and there, like this lot, idle hands are the Devil's playground. Make 'em all sweep their classrooms every morning, tuckpointing crumbled bits of brickwork along the way, and they'll be less likely to cause trouble. |