Masked men hack BCL leader at RU
Some five to six masked youths hacked a Rajshahi University unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader on Sunday night.
The injured Saddam Hossain Tipu, joint convener of Shaheed Habibur Hall unit BCL, was talking to his girlfriend before Taposhi Rabeya Hall around 9:00pm when the attackers, carrying sharp weapons and iron rods, arrived on motorbikes, said witnesses.
Within minutes they hacked and beat Tipu, who is doing his masters in fine arts, on the head and different parts of the body and sped away.
The witnesses then rushed Tipu to the university medical centre. Afterwards he was transferred to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.
Later, around 100 BCL leaders and activists brought out a procession on the campus alleging that Islami Chhatra Shibir cadres carried out the attack and demanding a ban on politics of this student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Yesterday the fine arts department students formed a human chain demanding immediate arrest of the attackers.
Denying the allegation, RU unit Shibir organising secretary Saifuddin Yeahia said BCL was conspiring against them.
In another incident, some 10 BCL activists of Sher-e-Bangla Hall unit led by Al-Amin, Tamim Hasan and Humayan Kabir drove out two resident students of the hall early yesterday, accusing them of being Shibir activists, said sources.
Khalid Hasan, in his second year in the Islamic studies department, alleged that the BCL activists beat and forcefully drove him out of the hall and snatched a table fan, mobile phone and Tk 500 of his.
The other victim, requesting anonymity, said the activists threw him out after failing to extort money from him.
The hall Provost Suvash Chandra Shil said he received no complaint in this connection.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.
Comments