BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday claimed that over a hundred leaders of activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in ‘violent’ attacks by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Dhaka University campus and the high court premises. “Chhatra League went on a rampage and attacked the students of Dhaka University, leaving over 100 leaders and activists of JCD injured,” he said. Talking to reporters after visiting injured JCD leaders and workers at Samorita Hospital in the capital, the BNP leader said the BCL ’cadres’ also hit the JCD men entering the High Court. “They beat the JCD activists going to different rooms of the High Court. Even, they did not spare the female students.” Fakhrul said he found around 50 injured leaders and activists of JCD at Samorita Hospital. “The Chhatra League terrorists have hit the leaders and activists on their heads. Two of them have been shifted to ICU and most of them are groaning in pain. The doctors are giving them treatment with sincerity.” Read: Tension mounts as BCL, JCD clash at DU He said many other injured JCD leaders and activists were receiving treatment at different other hospitals.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) locked into a clash on Dhaka University campus on Thursday, leaving several of them injured . Police said seven JCD activists were injured in the clash in front of Shilpakala Academy around 12 pm while JCD leaders claimed that over 30 of their activists were injured in the clash. Activists of BCL, student wing of Awami League, from different dormitories of Dhaka University equipped with bamboo sticks, wood, iron rods, steel pipes and helmets attacked the JCD activists when  they were marching towards Doel Chattar with a procession as per their pre-scheduled prigramme, said witnesses. Also read: 35 hurt in BCL-JCD clash in Dhaka Newly nominated BCL hall leaders led the BCL activists who carried out the attack, alleged some JCD activists.