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| 3 die as CU Shibir-BCL engage in violent clashes |
| 2014-01-13 |
| [PRIMENEWS.BD] Chittagong: At least three persons were killed and thirty others injured as a violent clash broke out between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... and Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... at Chittagong university campus on Sunday afternoon. One of the diseased was identified as Abdullah Al Mamun, a fourth year student of Marine Science department in the university. Witnesses said the campus premises turned into virtually a battlefield as the two student fronts of Awami League and Jamaat were chasing at each other in presence of law enforcers. Clashes began after Chhatra League brought out a procession and attacked Shah Amanat Hall in the afternoon protesting an attack on one of their activist. Shibir activists blasted some crude bombs in the area. Hathazari circle police Assistant Superintendent Nizam Uddin said law enforcers rushed to the spot and fired 12 rounds of blank shots to tame the situation. A tense situation was prevailing at the campus following the violence. Police detained 18 persons in this connection. Proctor Dr Khan Tawhid Osman said additional forces of police were deployed at the campus to avert further deterioration of the situation. Earlier on Saturday, miscreants severed the tendons of the campus unit Chhatra League Organising Secretary Jalal Ahmed in Sylhet. |
| Posted by:Fred |