Students of 2 univs clash in capital
Students of two private universities yesterday clashed over parking a car and vandalised each other's institutions, halting traffic in the capital's Asad Gate area for half an hour.
Police said the clash ensued around 1:00pm following an altercation between Rector Obaidur Anwar of Mohammadpur Preparatory School and College and two students of People's University of Bangladesh.
While parking his car near Bangladesh University's campus-2 at Asad Avenue, Anwar hit another car of a student of People's University of Bangladesh, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Azizul Islam of Mohammadpur Police Station.
Seeing this, the student, who could not be identified, along with his fellows locked in an altercation with Anwar and, at one stage, vandalised Anwar's car's windshield, he said.
Hearing about the incident, students of Bangladesh University engaged in a chase-counter chase with the students of People's University of Bangladesh, the OC said.
The students also vandalised the academic offices of each other's institutions by pelting brickbats, he added.
During the clash, vehicular movement in the area was interrupted, creating long tailbacks.
Contacted, Deputy Registrar Sohel Ahsan Nipo of Bangladesh University denied the involvement of his institution's students in the incident.
The authorities of People's University of Bangladesh could not be contacted for a comment over the incident.
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