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Bangladesh |
50 injured as Shibir clashes with JCD |
2006-04-03 |
At least 50 students were injured as the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) clashed with the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Jessore Govt MM College yesterday. Assistant Superintendent of Police Jillur Rahman, Officer in-charge of Jessore Police Station Mostafa Kamal and Sub-inspector Abdul Karim were also injured as police tried to stop the students from fighting over supremacy on the campus. The clashes were triggered as Shibir men allegedly attacked JCD activists Shobhan and Monir around 12:30pm on the campus. JCD and other student organisations including the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jatiya Chhatra Front and Biplabi Chhatra Moitri retaliated, leading to a series of clashes that continued till 2:30pm. Jalal Uddin, principal of the college, told the journalists the clashes took place as the student organisations were trying to establish their supremacy on the campus. |
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