Students demanding reform in the quota system in government jobs claimed at least 200 students were injured in an alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League on the Dhaka University campus on Monday.
Asif Mahmud, co-coordinator of Students Movement Against Discrimination, told reporters through a text message.
鈥楳any female students have been confined to halls, registrar building, SM Hall and the TSC,鈥� he said.
The clash broke out at about 3:00pm when the BCL leaders and activists threw brick chips and stones at anti-quota protesters from residential halls of the university, according to eyewitnesses.
Both groups became engaged in chase and counter-chase all over the campus.
Minutes before the clash, the BCL president Saddam Hossain said that the protesters were crossing the line.
鈥楤angladesh Chhatra League know how to deal with them politically,鈥� he added.
Earlier, the protesting students of different educational institutions, including DU, Jagannath University, Dhaka College, Bangladesh Dhaka Medical College, Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls鈥� College and Eden College, gathered at the base of Raju Memorial Sculpture on Dhaka University campus on Monday afternoon.
Protests began on Sunday night when thousands of university students across Bangladesh took to the streets, primarily on their campuses, in protest at comments made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina regarding quota protesters.
Prime Minister Hasina during a press conference at her official residence, Ganabhaban, responded to questions regarding the anti-quota protests on Sunday.
She questioned, 鈥榃hy is there so much anger against the liberation war and freedom fighters? Will the grandchildren of freedom fighters not receive quotas? Will Razakars鈥� grandchildren get them? My question is to the people of the country.鈥�
The protesting students demanded the prime minister to withdraw her comments.
