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| BCL factions clash in Pabna, Ctg: 14 hurt |
| 2009-04-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] At least 14 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists were injured in separate factional clashes in Pabna and Chittagong yesterday. Two factions of BCL clashed over admission in Pabna Edward College in the small hours of Wednesday leaving at least 10 BCL men injured including BCL Pabna district secretary, reports our Pabna correspondent. The feuding groups ransacked dormitories of the college. The admission procedure was postponed following the clash. Additional police forces were deployed in the college. The clash ensued as two factions of BCL -- one led by Mostafizur Rahman Sweet, BCL district unit president and the other led by its secretary Mostak Azad-- went to the college campus at around 1:30am with lists of admission seekers. Both district unit president and secretary blamed each other for the attack. Our Chittagong correspondent adds: At least four BCL activists of Chittagong Medical College (CMC) unit were injured in a factional clash early yesterday. Sources said the clash ensued centering a cricket match between third-year and fourth-year students on the CMC play ground on Tuesday afternoon. After the match was over an altercation occurred between supporters of two teams and as a sequel to the brawl both groups backed by two factions of BCL CMC unit clashed on Wednesday in the city's Chatteswary Road at around 2:00pm. Later police rushed there and charged batons to disperse the feuding students. |
| Posted by:Fred |