The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Sporadic clashes between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists at the Jagannath University (JN) yesterday left 12 students injured.

Witness said the clashes occurred while BCL men tried to obstruct Shibir activists' showdown on the campus arena around 11:00am.

The injured was identified as BCL activists Shishir Ahmed, Quamrul Hasan, Shanjay Kumar, Riad and Sohel and Shibir

activists Mofizul Islam, Pavel Sarwar, Selim Ahmed, Mohammad Rafi, Ariful Islam, Shafiqul Islam and Suman Ahmed.

The seriously injured students were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Sources said Chhatra Shibir activists took position at strategic points on the campus in the morning and later they started moving in a body on the campus that reopened on Sunday after the long Eid-ul-Fitr and Puja vacation.

Being informed, BCL activists rushed to the campus and hurled brickbats at the Shibir men. Then the Shibir men retaliated and a chase and counter chase occurred between the two groups that lasted for 30 minutes.

Later, police enforcement arrived and brought the situation under control but no one arrested in this connection.

Proctor of the university Kazi Asaduzzaman said the authority would take appropriate action against those who try to create anarchy on the campus.

"Shibir is a militant organisation. We will not tolerate it on the campus," said JN unit BCL president Quamrul Hasan Ripon.

JN unit Shibir president Nizamul Haque Nayeem said, "Shibir is not a weak organisation. It knows how to react to such attacks."