4 JCD leaders beaten up at DU hall

The four leaders of the hall unit of JCD -- Iqbal Hossain, Rana, Romel and Kabir -- are now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. They belong to a faction led by JCD leader.

A group of JCD men aligned to DU JCD President Amirul Islam Khan Alim attacked them with iron rods and hockey sticks at the hall as they raised an objection to the group changing the television channels at the hall's TV room at midnight.

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Sources said JCD leaders Sagar, Bachchu, Bappi, Bulbul and Sujan led the attack. General Secretary of the hall unit Mamunur Rashid Mamun who belongs to another faction led by central organising secretary Shafiul Bari Babu also joined in the attack.

The hall unit President Ferdous Ahmed Munna blamed Mamun for leading the attack but Mamun denied his involvement.

Tensions ran high on the campus yesterday as the three factions of the JCD stepped up their vigilance following the incident.

In another incident, Bellal, a third year student of Islamic history, was admitted to the DMCH as one of his friends beat him up at his room at the Bangabandhu Hall during an altercation with them.

The students of Salimulla Hall also beat up an outsider suspecting him to be a thief at about 7:30pm yesterday.

The outsider Nazimuddin was admitted to the DMCH with serious injuries in his head.

Meanwhile, the DU JCD relieved SM Hall unit General Secretary Moniruzzaman Sohag from his post, charging him with involvement inanti-organisational activities.