4 Gono Adhikar Parishad members hurt in BCL attack

At least five people, including police members, were hurt in a BCL attack on leaders and activists of Gono Adhikar Parishad, including Nurul Haque Nur, former vice president of Ducsu, in Tangail yesterday.

Nur, along with party convener Dr Reza Kibria and others, went there to pay tribute to Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani at his grave on his death anniversary.

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Witnesses said around 50 BCL leaders and activists of Bhasani Science and Technology University attacked the Parishad entourage. "Brickbats were thrown targeting my head," Nur told journalists after the attack.

Law enforcers rushed in to save the activists, who took shelter in a police van. But even when police tried to stop the BCL members, attacked them, witnesses said.

Later, police took Nur and others to the nearby Kagmari Police Outpost.

Asked, OC Mir Mosharaf Hossain of Tangail Sadar Police Station said five people received injuries during the attack. None had been arrested so far till 2pm yesterday.

The Daily Star could not get in touch with Rahman Sohel, convener of Tangail district unit of BCL.