20 hurt; extortion, control of hall led to factional fightStaff Correspondent
Dhaka Medical College was closed for an indefinite period yesterday following a series of clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) that left a top BCL college unit leader killed and at least 20 people injured.
BCL General Secretary Abul Kalam Asad Rajib, a 4th year student of the College, was first admitted to Orthopedic Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where he died at about 6:30pm, victim's cousin Shovon Haidar confirmed The Daily Star.
Residential students at its three hostels, except overseas female students, left the hostels before 4:00pm yesterday as the authorities at an emergency meeting asked them to vacate the dorms by the time.
Sources at Dr Fazle Rabbi Hostel said the clash ensued at about 12:15 am when some 50/60 of its resident students led by College unit BCL leaders swooped on the room of Rajib and his followers with machetes, iron rods, wood sticks, cricket stamps and other weapons to establish supremacy on the campus.
Some resident students joined the melee to protest toll collection allegedly by Rajib and his men, a student of the college said.
But Yusuf who also was injured during the clash told The Daily Star that the incident did not erupt between the two groups following the toll issue. The rival group of Rajib attacked him (Rajib) and his followers for taking control of the hall.
During an hour-long melee, attackers beat Rajib and his followers and ransacked their 10 rooms. They allegedly threw Rajib down from second floor of Dr Fazle Rabbi Hostel onto its ground, leaving him critically injured.
On condition of anonymity, a resident of the hostel told The Daily Star that Rajib and his men Monday evening interfered in the preparatory activities of a programme of K-61 batch students of the hostel.
Angered by the behaviour, students from the batch and other residents, mainly BCL men, attacked Rajib and his followers, he said.
College sources said a tense situation has been prevailing in the college hostel for the last three-days as both groups have been trying to establish supremacy on the campus including the hostel.
Additional police were deployed on the campus including its hostels while the injured were admitted to DMCH.
College Principal Dr Kazi Din Mohammad told reporters that college academic council at a meeting yesterday morning decided to close the institution for indefinite period and vacate its hostels to avoid further clash.
BCL central unit General Secretary Mahfujul Haider Chowdhury Rotan told The Daily Star that it was not a factional clash of BCL rather he said some outsiders created the incident. He demanded proper investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, a DMC official last night filed a case with Lalbagh Police Station, accusing unknown students of Fazle Rabbi Hall in connection with the clashes.
In early hours today, Rajib's body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue for autopsy.
As of filing this report at 1:00am, none was arrested and no recovery was made.
Eight educational institutions including two public universities remain closed following clashes involving BCL men.
Dhaka Medical College was closed for an indefinite period yesterday following a series of clashes between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) that left a top BCL college unit leader killed and at least 20 people injured.
BCL General Secretary Abul Kalam Asad Rajib, a 4th year student of the College, was first admitted to Orthopedic Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where he died at about 6:30pm, victim's cousin Shovon Haidar confirmed The Daily Star.
Residential students at its three hostels, except overseas female students, left the hostels before 4:00pm yesterday as the authorities at an emergency meeting asked them to vacate the dorms by the time.Sources at Dr Fazle Rabbi Hostel said the clash ensued at about 12:15 am when some 50/60 of its resident students led by College unit BCL leaders swooped on the room of Rajib and his followers with machetes, iron rods, wood sticks, cricket stamps and other weapons to establish supremacy on the campus.
Some resident students joined the melee to protest toll collection allegedly by Rajib and his men, a student of the college said.
But Yusuf who also was injured during the clash told The Daily Star that the incident did not erupt between the two groups following the toll issue. The rival group of Rajib attacked him (Rajib) and his followers for taking control of the hall.
During an hour-long melee, attackers beat Rajib and his followers and ransacked their 10 rooms. They allegedly threw Rajib down from second floor of Dr Fazle Rabbi Hostel onto its ground, leaving him critically injured.
On condition of anonymity, a resident of the hostel told The Daily Star that Rajib and his men Monday evening interfered in the preparatory activities of a programme of K-61 batch students of the hostel.
Angered by the behaviour, students from the batch and other residents, mainly BCL men, attacked Rajib and his followers, he said.
College sources said a tense situation has been prevailing in the college hostel for the last three-days as both groups have been trying to establish supremacy on the campus including the hostel.
Additional police were deployed on the campus including its hostels while the injured were admitted to DMCH.
College Principal Dr Kazi Din Mohammad told reporters that college academic council at a meeting yesterday morning decided to close the institution for indefinite period and vacate its hostels to avoid further clash.
BCL central unit General Secretary Mahfujul Haider Chowdhury Rotan told The Daily Star that it was not a factional clash of BCL rather he said some outsiders created the incident. He demanded proper investigation into the incident.
Meanwhile, a DMC official last night filed a case with Lalbagh Police Station, accusing unknown students of Fazle Rabbi Hall in connection with the clashes.
In early hours today, Rajib's body was sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue for autopsy.
As of filing this report at 1:00am, none was arrested and no recovery was made.
Eight educational institutions including two public universities remain closed following clashes involving BCL men.
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