Private engg school closed indefinitely after students clash

Bhubaneswar: A private engineering school in the city was closed sine die after two groups of students clashed on the campus on Saturday night.
Police said two groups of diploma students of the institute had an altercation over a trivial issue. While one group are Bihar natives, the other group is from Odisha.
After getting information about the clash from the school authorities, police reached the campus and controlled the situation.
Airfield police station inspector in-charge Sashikanta Rout said they escorted the students from Bihar to the railway station at night. “They boarded trains and went home. Odisha students were also asked to leave the campus immediately,” he added.
Police were present on the campus till Sunday morning. “We are investigating the matter,” said Rout. “Local police controlled the situation before it took a turn for the worse. Keeping the situation in mind, we declared the college closed sine die for an indefinite period,” said an official. Police sources said most of the students involved in the clash are in the first year of the diploma programme.
A few of them are from the second year. Two days ago, a student of one group had a heated exchange with a boy from the other group. Police said the two groups clashed over a girl. “A student of one group did not like a girl mingling with a boy from the other group. It sparked the clash,” said a student.