Some 15 activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured when the two organisations clashed at Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) yesterday.

The injured are mostly BCL workers. Some of the injured received first aid from Mymensingh Medical College and later were released.

Sources said the first phase of clash erupted early hours of yesterday when BAU unit BCL leaders visited the Ashraful Haq Hall. JCD men protested their visit and locked horns with BCL at the hall.

As the BCL gave a threat to the JCD men saying 'wait until the caretaker government assumes

power', JCD beat up some of BCL men, sources said.

Witnesses said BCL decided to submit memorandum to the vicechancellor in the morning in protesting JCD attack, but JCD launched fresh attack on them in front of Karim Building, igniting the second phase of clash.

JCD set fire to four rooms used by the BCL men at Ashraful Haq Hall while the BCL men ransacked some rooms used by JCD men.

Harun-Ur-Rashid, proctor of the university, admitted the incident and said the authorities are going to take necessary steps to avoid further clash between the organisations.

Additional police have been deployed on the campus to avert further incidents.