Tensions are running high at Gono University ahead of the central student council election, after VP candidate Sheikh Khodar Noor Islam sought refuge at the campus journalists’ association office fearing an attack.

He remained there for nearly two and a half hours until another VP candidate, Nasim, escorted him out around 6 pm.

Khodar Noor, formerly the Dhaka (North) convener of JCD, alleged that anonymous Facebook accounts had been posting defamatory content against him, sparking disputes with rival candidate Tanzit’s supporters.

Meanwhile, Tanzit accused Noor of threatening him for supporting rival VP candidate Rakib. Witnesses said heated arguments escalated into shoving and threats of police involvement.

After being escorted out, Noor dismissed the intervention as political showmanship: “There’s no need to do politics in the name of rescuing me. We don’t want this kind of drama.”