Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College was closed for an indefinite period yesterday after clashes broke out between two rival groups of the campus Bangladesh Chhatra League.
The college authorities advised residential students to vacate their dormitories by 4pm yesterday.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police chief Ganesh Gopal Bishwas said at least 10 people had received minor injuries and sent to hospital.
Two groups, led by BCL college unit President Anisur Rahman and General Secretary Shahriar Hossain Shanta, were involved in the clash that left 10 students injured.
The BCL leaders held discussions with the college authorities after two cultural organisations, Sfurun and The Beats, controlled by the BCL college unit president and general secretary, respectively, were involved in an altercation on Saturday night.
The college’s academic council sat for an emergency meeting around 11am at which the disagreement between the two BCL college leaders could not be resolved, prompting the authorities to close the college for an indefinite period.
Both leaders denied the misunderstanding was a Chhatra League issue, saying it was a problem of the two cultural organisations.
College principal Dr ABM Maksudul Alam told the Dhaka Tribune: “The college has been closed to ensure the safety of the general students and to bring the situation under control. The closure will be in force until further notice.”
Tejgaon zone Deputy Commissioner Biplop Kumar Sarkar told the Dhaka Tribune: “Now the situation is under control...sufficient numbers of police have been deployed.”
