BCL factions clash SUST closed sine die after death of student

SYLHET, Nov 20 (Agencies):  The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet has been closed sine die following the death of a student in a clash between factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Thursday.
The university has asked male students to vacate their dormitories by 4pm Thursday and female students by 9am Friday.The decisions were taken at an emergency meeting of the university teachers Thursday afternoon.
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and additional police have been deployed on the campus following the clash in the morning.
An activist of BCL was killed and 17 others were injured in an intra-party clash of the ruling party's student wing over establishing supremacy on the SUST campus.
The deceased was identified as Sumon, a student of Sylhet International University, a private university in the city.
Campus sources said the clash ensued between the Uttam-Anjan and Partho-Sabuj groups of BCL around 10:00 am over establishing dominance on the campus, leaving 15 people injured.
The two groups exchanged gunshots during the melee that left three BCL activists critically injured.
The injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where on-duty doctors declared Sumon dead.
The two groups at the time vandalised at least 40 rooms of Shah Paran Hall of the SUST.
Aktar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad police station, confirmed the incident.