Several injured in Dhaka, City College clash

Staff Reporter :

Several students including police have been injured in fresh clashes between Dhaka College and City College students in the city’s busy Science Laboratory area on Thursday.

The violence broke out around 11:30pm, when the two sides chased each other through the streets and hurled brickbats. As a result, traffic on Mirpur Road was brought to a standstill.

Students from both colleges took to the streets, hurling bricks and stones. Armed with sticks, they chased one another, leading to the clash.
Police said the confrontation stemmed from a quarrel over ID cards at Udvash, a coaching centre where students from both colleges attend classes.

Police said both groups also attacked law enforcers during the clashes, leaving four police members and at least six students from both sides wounded.

Of the students, three are from City College and two from Dhaka College, said AKM Mahfuzul Haque, officer-in-charge of New Market Police Station.
Police members were also seen using batons at the scene.

As of 2:00pm, the two groups had retreated to opposite sides of the road, while police remained deployed at the location.

Zisanul Haque, Additional Deputy Commissioner of DMP’s Dhanmondi Division, confirming the matter to the media said that the traffic had been suspended for some time due to the clashes but later resumed.
The clash was an outcome of an altercation between the two sides at a coaching centre last Sunday.

However, another sources said that the clash stemmed from a quarrel during a football match