ICS, the student wing of the ruling coalition Jamaat-e-Islami, has been spreading out its virtual wings of influence in and around the university campus to conduct political activities with the help of patrons in the university faculty and leaders of their parent organisation.

Shibir had tried to prove their supremacy on the campus at least four times before, but without any success. They so far seem to be dedicated in reaching their goal.

Some students alleged that ICS have become so influential that most of the private off-campus student housing facilities (messes) at Laksmibazar, Keraniganj, Gendaria, Dhupkhola, Banglabazar and some other areas are either owned or run by ICS followers.

Housing seeking regular students sometimes find it difficult to get a suitable housing in these messes as their political affiliation with ICS is often a pre-requisite there.

Student messes play an important role for the non-resident students, as several thousand students have to find housing in one of these messes each year. Currently, 34 thousand students are enrolled in Jagannath University.

Sources said ICS also have a highly secured den for their strategy planning inside a building adjacent to the university from where 'Islamic books' are supposedly published. Adhunik Press is the name of this publishing press.

Access to the top floor of the building is highly restricted for common people.

ICS is also known to be exploiting the mosques to hold their political meetings in.

A number of Shibir workers have infiltrated in Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to serve the purpose of their master plan, sources said.

Some BCL and JCD leaders admitted this situation.

Shibir amassed around 300 workers from all around the country who joined their existing 200 university unit workers on Monday before clashes with BCL and JCD, sources said.

ICS leaders and workers gathered on campus from Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Islamic University, Dhaka Alia Madrasa and from different areas of old Dhaka to strengthen their compatriots in Jagannath University.

Vice-chancellor Prof Sirajul Islam Khan admitted that there might be a number of teachers who patronise Shibir. Accusations on some teachers also have been brought to his attention, he added.

Different democratic student fronts vowed to resist political parties like ICS that use religious fanaticism as their tool.

Kamrul Hasan Ripon, President of the university unit of BCL, said no extremist organisation would be tolerated here to conduct their activities.