Clash erupts at KUET over student politics ban, BGB deployed
NN Online:
A clash erupted at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) on Tuesday afternoon between two student groups over opposing stances on banning student politics.
Public Relations Officer of Border Guard of Bangladesh Md Shariful Islam said two platoons of BGB members were deployed amid tension on the campus.
The confrontation involved members of the student wing and general students, leaving at least 15 people injured. The identities of the injured were not immediately known.
Eyewitnesses reported that around noon, students marched through the university dormitories, chanting slogans such as “No place for student politics at KUET,” “We demand a politics-free campus,” and “Student politics will not be allowed here.”
Later, another group of students, said to be members of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), also brought out a counter-procession from the Central Mosque area, sparking tension on the campus. The clash soon escalated beyond the campus premises.
A group of outsiders allegedly joined the JCD members and locked into a clash with the general students, leaving several injured.
Witnesses said four ambulances entered the campus and took the injured to several hospitals.
Members from police, Army and Navy rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said Khanjahan Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Md Kabir Hossain.
Additional police personnel were deployed on the campus to ward off any unwanted incident, said the OC.
Confirming the incident, Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Deputy Commissioner Abul Basher Mohammad Atiqur Rahman said, “A chase and counter-chase took place between two student groups at KUET.”