Clashes following football tournament leave several injured at IU

‎Several students were injured in clashes at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia following an inter-department football tournament held between 11am and 3:30pm on Monday.

Later, the tournament was postponed until further notice.

Pro-vice Chancellor Professor Dr Amtaj Hossain, convener of the Inter-Department Football Tournament Committee, confirmed the matter.

‎The incident occurred at the university football field during matches between Islamic History and Culture, Accounting and Information Systems, Pharmacy and Biomedical Engineering departments, respectively.

A violent clash broke out among students from four departments over verbal abuses. During the incident, students engaged in the clash using sticks and tree branches.

‎More than ten students were injured in the incidents. They were taken to the university's medical centre. Later, one student was referred to Kushtia Medical College.

The injured are: Alif Khan, Rahat Alif, Siam Khondokar, Yasin Arafat, Tofazzal Chowdhury from the 2024-25 academic session of the Accounting and Information Systems department; Abu Raihan and Fahim Fahad from the 2025-26 session; as well as Sohag from the 2019-20 session and Humayun Kabir from the 2022-23 session of the Islamic History and Culture department.

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Prottoy of Biomedical Engineering department from 2023-24 academic session was injured later. The injured were taken to the IU Medical Centre for treatment. Among them, Alif Khan suffered a head injury, and Sohag sustained a fracture to his right wrist. Alif Khan, Sohag, and Prottoy were referred to Kushtia for advanced medical care.

Bodiuzzaman, deputy chief medical officer of IU, said when several injured students came to the medical centre, they were given primary treatment.

‎Prof Dr Shahinuzzaman, proctor of the university said that students from four departments were having an altercation with each other and the injured were sent to IU medical.

“Later, one who was seriously injured and sent to Kushtia. We are trying to solve the problem through a meeting with department authorities,” he added.