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Medical college, varsity students clash

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Medical college students talking to Superintendent of Police Nitinjeet Singh at Bhanja Bihar in Ganjam district on Thursday. —

BERHAMPUR: A violent clash occurred between students of the MKCG Medical College and Berhampur University on the university campus on Thursday. Tension prevailed both in medical college and university campuses following the clash.

Tension, however, had aggravated as three medical college students were reportedly missing following the clash till 8 pm. The medical college students alleged that the students had been kidnapped by a group of students of the university.

To avoid escalation of the tension and further clashes one platoon of armed police was deployed on the university campus. Similar measures were also taken near the medical college in the city. An emergency meeting of university authorities, medical college authorities, police and administrative officials was convened by Berhampur SP Devidutta Singh to discuss measures to pacify the situation.

Trouble broke out when a group of around 30 MBBS final year students of MKCG Medical College had reached the university to meet the controller of examinations and discuss the change in date of their final examination which is scheduled to start from June 30. While they were parking their bikes in front of the administrative block, a group of university students allegedly attacked them. The medical students were outnumbered. One of their bikes was damaged by the attackers. Sixteen medical students managed to return to their campus. Eleven of them were rescued by the staff of the university, who kept them under their security, till a police team ensured their safe passage to Berhampur. Three medical students were still missing. A high-level team of university authorities also searched the hostels for them as it was alleged that they were taken hostage by university students.

According to sources, the recent clash was offshoot of an earlier clash between the two student groups in the MKCG Medical College hospital campus. On that day a group of medical college students had allegedly beaten up some university students who had brought a case to the hospital. They had injured a student leader of the university as well as manhandled a press photographer and destroyed his camera.

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