News Desk :
At least five people including students were injured as clashes triggered between students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and the locals Akhalia area in Sylhet on Friday evening.
The clash started around 5:00pm as a group of locals got into an altercation with a security guard of the university after being barred from entering the campus.
Police went to the spot and brought the situation under control by 6:30pm.
Saiful Alam Rukon, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, said, “The students have gathered inside the campus and locals have taken up positions in different points around the campus. Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert any untoward situation.”
