Two activists of the Dhaka University unit of BNP student front JCD have allegedly been beaten up by some ruling party student front BCL activists at TSC area.
The two injured are Mahmudul Hasan, JCD activist of Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall unit and Zubair Ali, JCD activist of Jasimuddin Hall Unit.
Mahmudul was previously the president of Islami Chhatra Andolon, the student wing of Islami Andolon Bangladesh. But he involved himself in JCD politics from last year.
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Eyewitnesses said that at noon Mahmudul Hasan and Zubair Ali were sitting in a tea stall of TSC. At 1:10 PM, a group of BCL leaders and activists came in front of Janata Bank. Seeing them, Mahmudul and Zubair got up from the shop and started walking. Then BCL leaders and activists chased them and later beat them when they were caught at the edge of TSC. They were then beaten first there and then in front of the Raju monument.
Mahmudul Hasan said, "Chhatra League leaders and activists beat me and my younger brother (Zubair) for no reason. They punched us all over the body. Later, BCL leaders and activists took me near Hakim Chattar and started making videos asking me to confess about supporting Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. At one stage they forced me to chant 'Joy Bangla' slogans but I did not chant."
He also alleged that the attack was carried out on the order of DU Chhatra League general secretary Tanbir Hasan Saikat.
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Ariful Islam, General Secretary of the DU JCD said, "Injured Mahmudul and Zubair have received primary treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. We strongly condemn and protest this attack and act of terrorism."
"Chhatra League is acting as a terrorist organization on the campus and torturing general students and students of other active student organizations in a medieval style," he added.
However, Tanbir Hasan denied the accusation of ordering the attack.
He said, "No one from Chhatra League is involved in this incident. Chhatra League is against extremism. If someone wants to beat people on the campus in the name of politics, BCL will give them a sharp reply."