They besieged the Sholasharar Station area on Monday morning, halting campus-bound shuttle trains, and blocked city bus stops used by university teachers and students.
Saiful Islam Rasel, a former assistant secretary of the Chhatra League’s now-dissolved committee, was beaten up at the university on Sunday night by rivals within the ruling Awami League’s student wing.
Mithun Chowdhury, a computer science student was also thrashed.
The incident prompted irate Chhatra League activists to prevent students from taking the 9pm train to the campus on Sunday night, Government Railway Police (GRP) OC Yasin Faruk told bdnews24.com.
“They’ve also been blocking the movement of buses that carry teachers and others to campus.”
Chittagong University Assistant Proctor, Ziaur Rahman Soheil said no bus arrived on campus on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, the protesting BCL faction has threatened to persist with the agitation until the authorities met their six-point charter of demands.
They want the attackers expelled and arrested.
Earlier, the university authorities temporarily suspended English Department student Shahrid Shubho and Jubair Hossain of Fine Arts and asked them to explain their action within seven days.