The injured were identified as Miraj, Pappa and Sohel of BCL and Mehedi and Chhoto Rubel of JCD.

Witnesses said a group of BCL activists led by Farhad Bin Alam Zakir, former vice president of the college student union, tried to enter the college campus at about 11:00am. At that time, a group of rival JCD cadres led by Hafiz Ahmed Bablu, former general secretary of the college student union, resisted and attacked the BCL activists with lethal weapons and brickbats in front of the police deployed in the area.

Then both groups were engaged in fierce clash spreading panic in the areas. They fired blank gunshots and blasted hand bombs and used lethal weapons and brickbats.

After half an hour reinforcement of police rushed to the area and brought the situation under control.

Later JCD activists led by Parvez Akon Biplob, former vice president of the college student union and district JCD secretary, brought out a procession condemning the BCL attack on them. On other hand, BCL activists also brought out a short procession blaming their rival JCD for attack on them.

BCL leader Zakir claimed that they were preparing to hold pre-scheduled programme fixed by the College Academic Council on the campus in the morning.

But the JCD cadres along with outsiders tried to prevent them from entering the campus.

On the other hand, JCD leaders Biplob and Bablu denied the allegation of the BCL saying the BCL cadres accompanied by non-students and outsiders tried to enter the campus violating the rules of the college, so the general students resisted and drove them out of the area.

BCL cadres fired gunshots and blasted bombs, they added.

Professor Satya Ranjan Das, principal of the college, said the situation is under control and he held meetings with the leaders of the rival groups.

In the meeting both groups agreed not to take any non-students and outsiders to the campus and to follow the rules and schedules fixed by college authorities in order to maintain peaceful educational atmosphere and discipline on the campus.