Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Rajshahi University allegedly attacked their rivals at Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Wednesday, in which the latter claimed that three of their activists were injured.
The incident occurred on the campus at around 12:30pm.
Witnesses said a group of JCD activists, led by its RU unit convener Arafat Reza aka Ashique, were marching through the campus when BCL activists gave them chase near the Tukitaki Chattar.
The JCD activists were forced to take shelter inside the university’s central library, in front of which the chasers held a short gathering afterwards.
Ashique alleged that BCL activists attacked them in front of security personnel who did “nothing” to stop them, adding that the chase was part of a plan to establish “campus supremacy.”
He also said three of their activists were injured in the attack.
However, BCL-RU General Secretary Touhid-al-Hossain Tuhin said they “drove off” the JCD activists as the latter were trying to “disturb the academic atmosphere of the university.”
