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BCL faction blocks buses, trains to CU

CU Correspondent :
A faction of Chhatra League, Chittagong University unit blocked the way of commuters to the Chittagong University following a clash with rival groups yesterday.
They besieged the Sholasharar Station area in city yesterday morning, halting campus-bound shuttle trains, and blocked city bus stops used by university teachers and students.
Saiful Islam Rasel, a former assistant secretary of the Chhatra League’s now-dissolved committee, was beaten up at the university on Sunday night by rivals within the ruling Awami League’s student wing.
Mithun Chowdhury, a computer science student was also thrashed.
The incident prompted irate Chhatra League activists to prevent students from taking the 9pm train to the campus on Sunday night, Government Railway Police (GRP) OC Yasin Faruk told the media .
“They’ve also been blocking the movement of buses that carry teachers and others to campus.”