30 injured in Shibir attack at CU
CU Correspondent
Armed Islami Chhatra Shibir activists at Chittagong University (CU) yesterday attacked and injured at least 30 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) and Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU). In protest at the attack, BCL activists barricaded several streets in Sholoshahar area of the city and the Chittagong-Rangamati road for hours. BCL also enforced an indefinite strike on the campus demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Badiul Alam as the authorities turned a blind eye to the Shibir attack. Shibir activists also critically injured a photojournalist on duty, Amran Hossain of the Daily Janakantha. He is undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Sources and witnesses said the clash between Shibir and BCL erupted at around 1:00pm near the CU Shaheed Minar over an altercation between two of their activists. General students were panicked when hundreds of Shibir activists armed with truncheons, iron-rods and hockey sticks swooped on the BCL, SCF and BCU activists to avenge the altercation at the Shaheed Minar. The university authorities took no action against the Shibir activists while they went on a rampage on the campus hurting rivals and damaging an ambulance as well as doors and windowpanes of the proctor office, added the sources. Many of the injured were admitted to CMCH and Royal Hospital while others given first aid at different hospitals, sources said.
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