The ruling Awami League鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists of Savar and Ashulia upazila units allegedly joined the Jahangirnagar University BCL unit on Monday night to attack the anti-quota protesters, leading to a clash that left over 100 injured.聽
Witnesses said that more than 250 BCL men from local units entered the campus with local arms, petrol bombs, and iron rods at about 11:30pm using at least five pickup vans.
鈥楾hey carried out a sudden attack on our peaceful demonstration in front of the vice-chancellor鈥檚 residence,鈥� Sohagi Samia, a protesting student, said.
Around midnight, protesting students took shelter inside the VC鈥簊 residence, and the BCL men broke open the residence鈥檚 lock to carry out further attacks.
Policemen allowed the BCL men with sharp weapons to enter the residence.
鈥楾he attackers came upstairs of the building and swooped on teachers and female students inside the building,鈥� Samia said.
The chief of the university鈥簊 security office, Sudipta Shaheen, told 抖阴精品 that over 100 students and teachers were injured following the attack. After an hour-long attack on protesters, more than a thousand general students of the university gathered at the university鈥簊 central Shaheed Minar and marched toward the VC鈥簊 residence to rescue the anti-quota protesters.
BCL men fled the scene while students beat some policemen, accusing them of showing indifference during the BCL attack.
Police fired at least 300 rounds of sound grenades and tear-hells to disperse the protesters.
Additional Superintendent of Dhaka District Police Abdullahel Kafi said that at least 20 police personnel, including five female members, were injured during the attack.
Dhaka police super Md Asaduzzaman met university vice-chancellor Nurul Alam at about 4:00am.
While talking to reporters after the meeting, he said that the police showed the students the maximum level of patience. 鈥楶olice charged them only when the situation was out of control,鈥� he said, denying the allegation of police inaction during the BCL attack.
抖阴精品 Staff Correspondent Rajshahi reported that BCL men went to different halls of Rajshahi University to interrogate students over their participation in anti-quota protests.
In Dhaka, BCL continued their attack on Dhaka University students in Bijoy Ekattur hall until 11:30pm, reported 抖阴精品 DU correspondent.
The phones of the students who entered the hall after the evening were checked and questioned. If the student was found involved in the quota reform movement or suspected that he went to the movement, he was beaten, students alleged.
Vice-chancellor Prof Maksud Kamal, Pro-VC Shitesh Chandra Bachar, president of the DU Teachers鈥� Association, and several teachers and employees came to Bijoy Ekattur Hall around 11:40am.
