9 hurt as BCL,JCD clash in Khulna
Stick wielding BCL activists parade a street in Khulna city following a clash with JCD at Government Azam Khan Commerce College yesterday.Photo: STAR
At least nine people were injured as the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) clashed at Government Azam Khan Commerce College in the city yesterday. Seven of the injured belonged to JCD. Sources said that Principal Prof Abul Bashar Mollah called a meeting at 11:30am to discuss the celebration of Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM), today. But the BCL activists wanted to organise the occasion by raising fund under its own management while the JCD men opposed it, they said. The two sides locked in an altercation over the issue and at a stage, the activists of the student wings of ruling Awami League and main opposition BNP engaged in a clash at noon. The BCL activists swooped on the JCD men allegedly as their rivals went to the principal for his backing. The BCL activists also vandalised two roadside shops at Ahsan Ahmed Road. On information, police rushed in and brought the situation under control. Both BCL and JCD blamed each other for the clash. Additional police have been deployed on the campus.
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