Several Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders and workers, including two former ministers, were injured in a scuffle with police personnel here as the party’s protest over the death of a college student turned violent on Wednesday.

The second-year B.Ed student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College died at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on Monday night. She had set herself on fire on the college campus las week over inaction against a professor who allegedly sexually harassed her.

The BJD’s demonstration turned violent near the Lower PMG Square when its workers and leaders breached a barricade to march towards the state secretariat, Lok Seva Bhavan, and clashed with the police personnel, an officer said. “BJD workers were later arrested and taken away from the agitation site,” the officer said.