At least 10 students were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League activists attacked members of Pahari Chhatra Parishad on Rangamati College campus yesterday.
The PCP activists brought out a procession and held a rally on the campus at noon protesting against the government’s move to set up Rangamati Medical College and Rangamati Science and Technology University.
After the programme, two PCP activists were harassed by some Chhatra League members on the campus. As a sequel to the incident, activists of the two organisations locked in an altercation. They chased and counter-chased each other for about one and a half hours in College Gate, Kalyanpur and TTC areas.
On information, police rushed to the spot and fired teargas canisters as well as several rounds of bullets from shotgun. Later, the activists of both the organisations took position on two sides of the law enforcers and created barricades on the road, leading to the suspension of vehicular movement for four hours.