The Burla police have registered a case into the incident of a clash between students of VIMSAR and those of MKCG Medical College and started an investigation into the matter.
The case was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Dean of VIMSAR, Burla.
According to reports, the clash had erupted on Tuesday in the VIMSAR campus when 65 students of MKCG Medical College, Berahmapur, came to attend ‘Euphoria’, an inter-medical college event.
Allegedly, a group of VIMSAR students sprayed fire extinguishers on their MKCG counterparts, as a result of which some of the latter felt suffocated. A heated exchange of words ensued over the matter, which took a violent turn as the VIMSAR students attacked the visitors with sticks and stones. Nine students were injured in the clash. One of them was undergoing treatment in the ICU.
As per reports, the clash was fallout of objectionable comments passed by the students of MKCG at some girl students of VIMSAR.