35 hurt as BCL men run riot at IU

UNB, Kushtia :At least 35 people, including five cops, were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men went on the rampage at Islamic University, Bangladesh on Sunday.Barred from bringing out a procession protesting the Israeli aggression against Gaza under party banner, the university unit Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir took the procession under the banner of general students around 11:30am, said campus sources.As soon as the Shibir men left the campus after the procession, a group of 30-40 BCL activists, led by its convener Shamim Ahmed and joint c onvener Abujar Gifari Gaffar, rushed to the main gate of the university in a procession with sticks in their hands.Soon, they ran riot and vandalised at least 15 vehicles of the university, including a double-decker bus gifted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.At one stage, they attacked the vehicles of Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Hakim Sarker and Pro-VC Prof Dr Shahinoor Rahman while they were returning from the auditorium after attending a programme marking Janmashtami.As policemen tried to deter them from the attack, the BCL men engaged in a clash with them.Later, they vandalised the offices of the proctor and student advisor and the administrative building.