Monday's Student-Police Clash in Kaptai
BSPI closed <i>sine die</i>
400 sued, dormitories vacated
Bangladesh-Sweden Polytechnic Institute (BSPI) in Kaptai was declared closed for an indefinite period yesterday following a clash between students and law enforcers on Monday that left a student of the institute dead.
The BSPI authorities asked the students to vacate their dormitories by 8:00am today.
Mohammad Raihan, a second year student of BSPI, was shot dead and 24 others including four police officials were injured in the clash at Kaptai Sadar upazila headquarters on Monday, said Yusuf Siddiqui, officer in-charge of Kaptai police station.
The clash erupted around 5:00pm after a mobile court fined Shakil, president of BSPI unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League and a fourth year student of the institute, as he failed to show his licence, the OC said.
The mobile court also sentenced Shakil to seven days imprisonment as he misbehaved with the court and refused to pay the fine.
As the news of Shakil's imprisonment spread, around 300 armed students of the institute rushed to the scene and attacked the police officials.
Witnesses said police fired around eight gunshots while BSPI students fired seven bullets during the clash.
Injured Raihan was rushed to Chandraghona Christian Mission Hospital around 6:00pm. As his condition deteriorated, Raihan was transferred to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
After the clash, the UNO imposed a curfew in the upazila town for five hours from 7:00pm Monday to avert further violence.
Meanwhile, police filed a case against around 400 unknown people Monday night for preventing them from discharging their duties.
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