SM Hall Chhatra League men assault Ducsu VP Nur
Members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Salimullah Muslim Hall unit of Dhaka University have allegedly slapped and harass newly elected Dhaka University Central Student’s Union (Ducsu) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.
The VP went to the hall to meet its Provost for formally protest against an assault allegedly carried out by BCL activists on Farid Hasan who collected nomination form for general secretary (GS) post of hall union elections.
Farid, a post-graduate student of the university’s Urdu department, was forced to pull out from the election race facing threat allegedly by BCL members, he alleged.
On Monday, several members of the ruling party’s student wing forcibly took Farid to the hall’s dining room around 11:30 pm from his room (No. 159), said the victim.
In presence of hall union general secretary Julius Caesar, hall unit Chhatra League President Tahsan Ahmed Rasel and expelled Chhatra League leader Mizanur Rahman Pikul, Mehedi Hasan Taposh, BCL hall unit general secretary started to beat him brutally, Farid said.
Instantly, Farid, who claimed to be an activist of the party, was taken to emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the duty doctor treated him with 32 stitches.
Later on Tuesday afternoon, activists of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council under the leadership of Ducsu VP Nurul Haque Nur, several members of Swatantra Jote and panel members who have boycotted the Ducsu polls formed a human chain in front of Raju Sculpture protesting the assault on Farid.
When the protesters went to the hall to meet its provost, Chhatra League activists tried to bar them meeting the provost and threw eggs on them.
During the scuffle, Nur was cordoned off by Chhatra League activists and later was slapped by hall union VP Kamal Hossain, alleged the Ducsu VP.
However, Mehedi Hasan Taposh denied the allegations saying that the allegation brought against him was false and baseless.
Hall Provost Dr. Md. Mahbubul Alam Joarder could not be reached over phone despite repeated attempts.
Later, in the evening they staged sit in programme demanding justice for such incident.
