At least seven activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League of Eden College unit were injured in a factional clash yesterday regarding watching the football World Cup on television.
According to general students, the clash broke out for the second time among the group led by President Jesmin Akthar Nipa and General Secretary Israt Jahan Orchi, around 11am yesterday centering a previous fight.
During the clash, the two rival groups fought each other with iron rods and wooden sticks and general secretary Israt Jahan Orchi received an injury.
The other injured were BCL activists Taslima, Beauty, Bristy, Shurma, Eity and Urmi. The injured were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
On Saturday night around 11pm, a fight took place at Ayesha Siddiqua Hall when one group of students wanted to watch the football World Cup on a big screen TV but another wanted to watch a drama serial.
At least two students were injured in that clash including BCL Eden College unit president Jesmin Akther Nipa.
According to sources at Eden College BCL, the rivalry began over the sharing of the sponsorship money which a company had given the party high-ups to buy two separate big screens for Ayesha Siddiqua Hostel to watch the football World Cup.
However, Israt Jahan Orchi declined to call the incident a clash with her rival.
She rather termed it a misunderstanding among general students.
When contacted, Eden College Principal Professor Hosne Ara said the students were involved in a quarrel over watching television.
“It was not a big problem. We have the situation under control,” she added.