The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Sylhet

A tense situation was prevailing in and around Shahjalal University of Science & Technology today as rival factions of BCL, student wing of Awami League, engaged in a series of clashes to establish supremacy on the campus.

Pappu of Arif-Moloy group mercilessly beaten up by the rivals of Soumitra-Asad group was lying in the intensive care unit of Osmany Medical College Hospital.

Witnesses said BCL activists of the two rival groups armed with rods and sticks chased each other on the campus, at times leading to frontal clash.

The situation caused worries to the general students who are apprehending postponement of immediate examinations.

Police at about 3pm seized lethal weapons from the activists of both groups and the trouble mongers were evicted from the campus.

Hasan Al Arif and Asaduzzaman Asad, leaders of the rival BCL groups, accused each other of extortion, terrorism and thus vitiating the academic atmosphere.