Guwahati: Massive Brawl Among Hostelers of Cotton University, Students Injured

GUWAHATI: A clash broke out among the hostelers of Swahid Mojammil Hoque (SMH) hostel and Rajanikanta Bordoloi (RKB) boys hostel at Cotton University in Guwahati on July 1.

According to reports, the boarders of RKB hostel allegedly assaulted the boarders of SMH on Friday night leaving a student of SMH injured with multiple stitches.

It has also been alleged that a team of 15 had assaulted the boarders of SMH with rock, bricks and wine bottle and broke the windows and doors at SMH hostel.

Meanwhile, an FIR has also been lodged at Panbazar police station by the boarders of SMH hostel.

The protests erupted in the Cotton University campus on Thursday after the general secretary of Cotton University Students' Union (CUSU), Abhishek Mahanta formally joined the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP).

A boarder of the MNDP Hostel of the university said that Mahanta had betrayed the trust of the boarders of MNDP, SKL and DRK hostels by joining a political party.

Further the student alleged that Mahanta has also violated recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee regarding student body elections.

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