Staff Reporter :
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Govt Chittagong City College unit was killed in a factional clash on the college campus at Riazuddin Bazar in the port city on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Yeasin, 23, a third year honours student of the college.
Police arrested Harun-ur-Rashid, a second year student of BSS (Pass Course), who was also injured during the clash.
According to police and locals, both Mohammad Yeasin and Harun-ur-Rashid were loyal to Abdul Ahad, deputy mass education affairs secretary of BCL central committee.
But recently Mohammad Yeasin cut ties with the followers of Abdul Ahad and thus led to a conflict. The two groups of BCL locked into a clash over establishing dominance on the campus at about 3.30pm yesterday. At one stage they launched attack with lethal weapons on each other.
Yeasin received serious injuries in the attack and was rushed to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the doctor declared him dead.
Mohammd Jashimuddin, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station said during the clash, a group of BCL activists swooped on Yeasin and stabbed him with a sharp weapon, leaving him dead on the spot.
The body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.
