At least 12 students of International University Business Agriculture And Technology (IUBAT), at Kamarpara,Uttara, in the capital were injured yesterday after a clash between them and the law-enforcers.
Two groups of students got locked in an altercation over wearing Borqa and Panjabi on the campus around 2pm. At one stage, they started demo and blockaded roads in the area, said Ali Hossain, officer-in-charge of Uttara West police station.
On information, police went to the spot and tried to move away the students from the roads. But they hurled bricks at them, he said.
Later, police charged batons and fired tear shells to bring the situation under control, leaving 12 students injured.
Muntasirul Islam, DMP deputy commissioner, said: “We have asked the university authority to investigate the incident.”
