10 hurt as JCD factions clash

Our Correspondent, Rangpur
At least 10 activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in a clash between two factions of the student party over forming a committee of the council at Rangpur Charmichael College yesterday. Of the injured, Shahidul Islam Shohag, Abdur Rauf, Mahidul Islam, Arif and Milon, were admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital while the rest given first aid. Police and college sources said the council of the college unit JCD, a student front of main opposition BNP, was scheduled to be held yesterday. The men of rival groups--one led by president candidate Shahidul Islam Shohag and other Proshad Roy, another president aspirant of the committee--locked in a altercation and attacked each other with lethal weapons on the campus, leaving 10 from both sides injured.