Cuttack: Authorities of Madhusudan Law College declared sine die following tension erupted in the campus ahead of students' union poll here today.

The tension prevailed after a girl student attempted self-immolation pouring kerosene on her body on the college premises. The irate students also ransacked the college properties following which the authorities declared sine die.

Meanwhile, the pre-poll violence was also reported in Bhadrak College where one student was injured in knife attack by a group of people assumed to be outsiders. Protesting the attack, the students demonstrated by burning tyres and demanded the college authorities to take initiatives against hooliganism.

Earlier, sine die was declared in Utkal University, BJB College, University of Law and several other colleges following pre-poll violence in the campus.