At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League on the Bangladesh University of Textiles premises in the capital yesterday.
The hour-long clash broke between two groups of the university unit of Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, around 1.30pm.
Witnesses said the two groups, namely the university unit “president-secretary group” and “vice president-join secretary group”, were engaged in a clash over declaring committees for AGM Osmani hall and Aziz hall and establishing supremacy on the campus.
According to students, the conflict between the two factions had been rolling on for last three months.
Supporters of Juwel Rana, president of the university unit of Chhtra League, beat up supporters of the Senior Vice-President of the unit Abdullah Al-Kafi.
In retaliation Kafi supporters came out from the Aziz hall and the two groups kept attacking each other with sticks, iron rods, and bricks for an hour leaving 15 injured from both sides.
Police went to the spot and charged baton to tame the situation.
The injured were admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Among them Secretary of the university unit of Chhtra League Nahid Patowari is in a critical state.
Mohammad Salahuddin, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon industrial police station, told the Dhaka Tribune that some junior students of the university locked into the clash over petty issues and some people were injured from the incident.
The situation was now under control and additional forces had been deployed in the area to avert any unwanted situation onwards, he added.
Abdullah Al-Kafi said: “The central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League has appointed two irresponsible people in the posts of president and secretary in the university unit. They are now trying to establish supremacy in the halls and attacking us by using juniors. “
However, Juwel Rana said they would run an internal investigation into the incident and action would be taken against those found guilty.