Tear gas, sound grenades fired to halt Dhaka College-City College students’ clash

Police fired tear gas and sound grenades to stop a clash that broke out between the students of Dhaka College and City College in the capital’s Science Laboratory area on Tuesday afternoon.

A chase and counter-chase between the two college students began around 12 pm. At one stage, they threw piece of bricks at each other which left several students injured.

Due to the intensified clash, vehicular movement on both sides of the road came to a halt.

Additional police have been deployed to calm the situation and send the students back to their respective campuses.