Dhaka, April 22 -- Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Abu Shadik Kayem has called for legal action against police officers who he failed to intervene during a violent clash at Government City College in Chattogram.

After submitting a memorandum at the Chattogram police commissioner's office, Shadik demanded accountability for officers present during Tuesday's confrontation between Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists.

The memorandum, submitted by Shibir's Chattogram Metropolitan South unit, sought the arrest and exemplary punishment of those involved in what it described as a "criminal attack" on teachers, students and its activists.

Several people were injured in the clash, which fol...