All organisational activities of the Chittagong University (CU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have been suspended following yesterday afternoon's factional clash on the campus, leaving at least eight BCL leaders and activists injured.

BCL central executive committee issued a statement in this regard last night.

The clash erupted after the BCL activists loyal to CU unit President AlamgirTipu beat up an activist loyal to its General Secretary Fazle Rabbi at the university rail station around 2:30pm, said police and witnesses.

BCL activists also beat up SM Masum Khan, deputy finance secretary of CU unit BCL, as he tried to stop them.

Following the incident, loyalists of both the groups chased and hurled brickbats at each other, leaving at least eight BCL men, including vice president Zaman Nur, deputy sports secretary Mehedi Hasan Uzzal and assistant secretary Abu Bakar, injured.

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The injured received primary treatment at CU medical centre.

Contacted, Inspector Akhtaruzzaman, in-charge of CU police outpost, said additional police were deployed to avoid any untoward incident.

Terming it a misunderstanding among junior BCL men, the CU unit president and secretary claimed that they have settled the matter.

Meanwhile, police conducted a raid at six dormitories of the university, arrested an outsider and seized 35 machetes.