The activist of Bangladesh Chattra League vandalised three rooms belonging to activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Poet Nazrul Islam Hostel at Government BL College campus in Khulna city Thursday night.

They also set fire to the belongings including beddings, cloths and books, said sources in the hall of residence. The hostel superintendent, Noor Mohammad, said everything in the three rooms was burnt by a group of students. The resident students of the rooms had managed to flee the scene, sensing attack by the BCL activists, he said. According to the hall sources, the JCD activists had left the dormitories and taken shelter in different private student dormitories.

Eyewitnesses said the BCL activists attacked the rooms with iron rods, ram daos, sticks and machetes. They moved on the roads in front of the hostels between 8:00pm and 11:00pm carrying the weapons while policemen and some teachers were nothing but viewers. According to the sources, the incident came as a sequel to an event in Dhaka where two BCL activists of the college were earlier roughed up by a former JCD activist of the College. The college principal, Professor Ahmed Reza, told New Age that BCL activists attacked the rooms and he was yet to visit the rooms.

-New Age