AL leaders visit DUCSU VP Nurul at hospital, promise justice

Ruling Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak promised to punish attackers who assaulted Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) vice-president Nurul Haque and others, reports UNB.

The attack was allegedly carried out by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Muktijuddha Mancha. BCL is the student wing of ruling AL while Muktijuddha Mancha is a platform of freedom fighters' descendants.

Nurul and around 20 others are being treated at the Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital (DMCH).

“The attackers will be identified and brought to book,” Nanak said when visiting the DUCSU VP and others on Sunday night.

Awami League leader AFM Bahauddin Nasim, BCL acting president Al-Nahean Khan Joy and acting general secretary Lekhak Bhattacharjee accompanied Nanak.

Nanak said the government will not tolerate anything that disrupts the academic atmosphere at Dhaka University and other institutions.

“We’ll find out the miscreants who’re trying to destabilise the Dhaka University and their leaders,” he said. “No-one will be spared. Everyone will be punished.”

DU vice-chancellor Md Akhtaruzzaman, proctor AKM Golam Rabbani, Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, BNP joint secretary General Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel also visited Nurul and the others at the hospital.

At least 23 students were injured in an attack allegedly carried out by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League and Muktijoddha Mancha on Dhaka University campus on Sunday.

Six of the injured, including Nurul, were admitted to DMCH while nine others were given first aid at the hospital.

DMCH authorities said one of the injured, Tuhin Farabi, is in a critical condition.

Witnesses said Nurul and some activists of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council (BGSRPC) came under the attack when he was holding a meeting at his DUCSU office around 1:00pm.