Two city colleges hit by clashes, demonstration

Two groups of students clashed in a North Kolkata college today, while classes were not held in another educational institution in the southern parts of city due to agitation by teachers and students.
In the first incident, two groups of students clashed at Jaipuria College in north Kolkata, police said.
Jaipuria College Principal Dr Asok Mukhopadahyay, who left the premises before the clash reportedly took place, later told reporters he heard about the incident which happened late afternoon and will sit with all sides within a fortnight to arrive at a solution.
Eyewitnesses said two students suffered injuries in the clash but this was not corroborated by the college authorities.

One of the two students Abhijit Banerjee said, "We inquired if there was any misappropriation of money meant for publishing the college magazine and we were severely beaten up by the rival group."
Police said a force was sent to the spot and the situation was now under control.

In the other incident, teachers of Charuchandra College did not attend classes today in protest against prolonged gherao by a section of students on Saturday, one of the teachers said.
This triggered a counter demonstration by some students who demanded that the college lifts ban on entry of ex-students and improve facilities of the students' toilet, a spokesman of the TMCP union said.

Bimalshankar Nanda, one of the agitating teachers, said, "We hope normalcy will be restored soon. But the college authorities must prevent entry of outsiders to the campus to facilitate resumption of classes."
College Principal Dr Satrajit Ghosh was not available for comments.