Police charged batons in the female students’ dormitories of Mymensingh Nursing College yesterday leaving at least 10 students injured.
Six of them were admitted to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
The college authorities called the police around 4pm as the students did not vacate the halls by 2pm following an order.
Yesterday the Mymensingh Nursing College was closed down for unidentified period amid students’ movements demanding removal of the college’s principal and the hostel keeper.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting called by the college academic council yesterday, said Principal of the college Monoara Khatun.
Around 10am students went on a strike demanding removal of Principal Monoara Khatun and hostel keeper Nazmunnahar for their alleged involvement in irregularities in seat allocation in the hostels.
Following their demonstrations on campus, the college authorities announced to close the college and directed the students to vacate the dormitories by 2pm.
The students of the college have been demonstrating in spates for last six months to press home their 13-point demands including removal of the duo for anomalies in hostel seat allocation.
Currently there are around 400 students residing in the two female dormitories of the college.