Clash erupts over ban on student politics at Kuet; BGB deployed

KHULNA, Feb 18 (UNB): Clashes broke out between two groups of students over the demand of banning student politics on Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) campus on Tuesday.
Public Relations Officer of Border Guard Bangladesh Md Shariful Islam said two platoons of BGB members were deployed amid tension on the campus.
Witnesses said some general students marched on the campus with slogans in favour of banning student politics on the campus on Tuesday afternoon.
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.
A group of outsiders allegedly joined the JCD members and locked into a clash with the general students, leaving several injured.
Witness said four ambulances entered the campus and took the injured to several hospitals.
The outsiders again beat up a student at the pocket gate of the university at 2:00 pm.
Enraged by it, the general students vandalised a few houses in front of the pocket gate of the campus.