5 hurt as BCL, JCD clash at Azizul Haque college
Five students were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked in a clash at Government Azizul Haque University College campus yesterday.
Witnesses said, JCD brought out a procession on the campus, led by Shafiqul Islam Shafique, convener of the college unit JCD, as part of their central programme, at 12:00 noon.
BCL brought out a separate procession on the campus at the same time demanding trial and punishment of war criminals, which also paraded different points on the campus.
At one stage, the two processions came face to face, triggering hot exchanges between the rival processionists, which led to a clash, leaving five injured on both sides.
BCL college committee convener Mahamudunnabi Russel alleged that JCD activists attacked their procession leaving chemistry first year student Sohag Hossain severely injured.
JCD college unit secretary Shahabul Alam Piplu denied the allegation and claimed that it was BCL who attacked first, leaving four JCD activists injured.
As tension prevailed between the two student organisations, police were deployed on the campus.
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