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Several injured in BCL attack on Chhatra Odhikar
Several people were injured on Friday after BCL men allegedly attacked members of rival Chhatra Odhikar Parishad on Dhaka University campus.
The incident took place near TSC as Chhatra Odhikar Parishad activists were preparing to observe the organisation's 6th founding anniversary.
According to Chhatra Odhikar Parishad leaders, they were trying to enter TSC to observe their programme while some BCL men blocked them and carried out the attack.
The attack left several Odhikar activists injured, they said.
The injured have been taken to Dhaka Medical college hospital for treatment, Odhikar said.
Moreover, Dhaka Post campus correspondent Amjad Hossen was also allegedly harassed by a BCL leader, Farid Jaman, joint secretary of Sergeant Johrul Hoque hall Chhatra League unit.
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"Farid Jaman and some of his followers came to me and tried to snatch my mobile and check it while I was taking video of the clash. With the help of the proctorial team and members of law enforcement, I managed to flee”, said Amjad.
Farid tried to snatch my mobile despite knowing my identity as a reporter, Amjad added.
However, Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary Tanbir Hasan Saikat denied both allegations and said, "Chhatra League has no connection with this attack. As much as I heard, the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad carried out attack on some general students of the university."
Prof. AKM Golam Rabbani, proctor of Dhaka University, said, "I have heard about an attack. However, Chhatra Odhikar parishad didn’t take any permission from University authority. They should not create any unrest on the campus."
Another DU BCL activist accused of abusing girls
Fahim Tajwar Joy, a prominent activist of the ruling party student front Bangladesh Chhatra League Masterda Surja Sen Hall Chhatra League of Dhaka University has been accused of molesting a woman and her husband and looting money from them in front of central Shahid Minar.
In this regard, a case has been filed accusing Fahim and 10-12 unnamed people who participated in the looting.
Principal administrative Officer, Md. Abdul Motaleb, of Masterda Surja Sen Hall lodged the case against Fahim at the Shahbagh police station as his niece and her husband were the victims.
According to the complaint letter, "Riya and her husband Rasel were on the way to visit Abdul Motaleb's house from nearby Chawkbazar at 11 pm of February 4. When they were crossing throughout the frontier road of Shahid Minar, Fahim and his friends blocked their way, abused them verbally and beat them with sticks. At one point they took Rasel at the backside of Shahid Minar and snatched all money from him which counts TK 22000 and then they snatched ATM cards from him."
"They also molested my niece," the complaint said.
"Being informed, when my son Mehrab went to rescue them, Fahim and his friends beat me badly. Later, surrounding people came and saved us from them."
Contacted, OC of Shahbagh police station, Noor said, "We have received the case and we will investigate the matter."
Mentioned, Fahim is a posted member of Masterda Surja Sen Hall Chhatra League and follower of Abdulla Khan Shoisob who is a follower of Dhaka University Chhatra League General secretary Tanbir Hasan Saikat. Moreover, he is a student of department of History of 2021-22 session.
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BCL activists attack Chhatra Odhikar Parishad activist, says a Parishad member
Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad said that a group of activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League attacked their regular Qwwali programme at the TSC of the Dhaka University on Thursday evening.
But a BCL leader rejected the allegation.
Asif Mahmud, former vice president of DU Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, said that the BCL activists beat a member of their group when he arrived at the TSC to join about a dozen of them who gathered there to sing Qwwali songs.
Mahmud said they left the place after sensing danger, but their friend Lutfor Rahman was attacked when he arrived at the scene late.
Mahmud accused Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary S Tanbir Hasan Saikat of asking his followers to attack Lutfor, but he denied the allegation.
After the attack, Lutfor Rahman was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment as he was injured badly, his friends said.
Asked, Saikat said he had no idea about any attack.
Lutfor is a student of Arabic Department of Dhaka University of 2016-17 academic session and was former cultural affairs secretary of Chhatra Odhikar parishad of DU unit. He is also one of the founders of Silsila, the Qwwali music brand of Dhaka University.
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Two JCD activists allegedly beaten up by BCL at DU
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."
BCL's 75th founding anniversary tomorrow
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, will celebrate its 75th founding anniversary tomorrow.
To mark its 75th founding anniversary, BCL has chalked out a year-long programme.
BCL announced the programmes at a press conference held at Madhur Canteen on DU campus on Tuesday.
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Newly appointed BCL President Saddam Hussain and General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Enan, its DU unit President Mazharul Kabir Shayon and General Secretary Tanbir Hasan Shaikat along with other BCl activists were present at the press conference .
Celebration programs include hoisting of national and party flags at the party office at 6:00am tomorrow, paying tribute at the Memorial of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 at 8:30am, and cutting cake at Dhaka University's Curzon Hall at 9:00am, distribution of winter clothes aming cold-hit people.
The founding anniversary rally has been scheduled to be held on January 6 at 2:30pm.
In addition, BCL will carry out campaigns like blood group testing, voluntary blood donation and educational materials distribution among students between January 5 to 8.
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Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL), formerly known as East Pakistan Chhatra League, was founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 4, 1948, which left its footprints in different movements including language movement, Mass uprising in 1969 and in the War of Liberation.
BCL men halt Islamic University recruitment test
The leaders and activists of the Islamic University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of the ruling Awami League, stopped a recruitment test forcing the job seekers out of the examination hall on the campus in Kushtia on Wednesday.
Witnesses said around two hundred job seekers, who applied for the post of office assistant-cum-computer operator at the political science department of the university, went to IU Nuclear Scientist MA Wazed Miah Science Building to take part in their computer typing test in the morning.
The leaders and activists of the IU BCL unit went to the building and threatened as well as forced the job seekers out of the examination hall at around 9:30am.
The BCL men, at one stage, put the main gate of the third floor of the Nuclear Scientist MA Wazed Miah Science Building of the university under lock and key.
Within minutes, a group of BCL men entered the examination hall and asked the applicants to leave, said several applicants.
The university authorities were yet to make any move against the ruling party men, who threatened not to allow the authorities to hold the recruitment test on the campus without their consent, seeking anonymity, a job seeker said.
The BCL men misbehaved with the job seekers, tore their admit cards and hurled abusive words. Later, the BCL men drove them out of the campus, he added.
“It is very unfortunate that I cannot sit for the recruitment test though I've travelled a long way for this,” said a job seeker who hailed from Panchagarh.
The university administration, however, postponed the recruitment process due to unavoidable reasons, IU acting registrar HM Ali Hasan said.
There was no involvement of incumbent IU BCL unit activists in the incident, IU BCL unit president Faisal Siddique Arafat said.
The former leaders and activists, who work at different offices daily at the university, forced the job seekers out of the examination hall demanding their jobs, he claimed.
Denying the allegation, IU BCL unit former organising secretary M Rasel Joarder said that they did not halt the recruitment test rather the running BCL activists did it.
"I am one of the job seekers of today’s test so why should we halt it," he said.
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6 hurt in Awami League infighting during the party’s council in Chuadanga
Six leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash between two factions of district Awami League during its triennial council in Chuadanga on Monday.
The injured are Chuadanga district BCL’s former president Mohaimen Hasan Joardar, former general secretary Tarek Hasan, BCL leaders Feroz Joardar, Raju Ahmed, Hirak and Swapan.
A group of leaders and activists of Awami League took seats in the first row of the pandal at the council venue at Chuadanga Town Football ground this morning.
The clash broke out when some other leaders and workers led by former BCL president Mohaimen were barred from sitting in the first row.
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At one stage, a group BCL activists attacked the other group including Mohaimen with chairs at the venue, leaving six people injured, said injured Hirak.
Later, the injured were sent to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
Police brought the situation under control by charging batons.
Chuadanga Police Superintendent Abdullah Al Mamun said, “I’ve come to know the matter through a video footage. I don't know who was beaten, where and when or who was admitted to the hospital. We will look into the matter.”
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After seven years, the triennial conference of Chuadanga District Awami League is being held today (Monday) at the town football ground of the district with more than 50,000 people joining it.
Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafar Ullah will announce the opening of the council while Awami League General Secretary and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader will speak as chief guest joining the event virtually.
BCL leaders apprehend 5 JCD activists on DU campus, hand them over to police on ‘sabotage suspicion’
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists of Dhaka University unit beat up some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists when they attempted to enter the campus around 10 am this morning.
The incident took place in front of Sir AF Rahman Hall. Later, the JCD activists were handed over to the Shahbagh police station on “suspicion of sabotage”.
Riazul Islam, President of Sir AF Rahman Hall Chhatra League unit, said, “After checking their mobile phones, we were confirmed that they were JCD activists, and we handed them over to the police.”
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Commuters suffer as JU BCL blocks Dhaka-Aricha highway
The Jahangirnagar University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Friday blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway, protesting the anarchy unleashed by BNP in the capital's Nayapaltan on Wednesday.
It caused immense sufferings to the people who attempted to reach or leave the capital city. The BCL action came ahead of the BNP's Dhaka rally on Saturday,
The BCL brought out a procession at 4:00pm and blocked the highway for about one hour.
Akhteruzzaman Sohel, president of JU BCL unit said, "We are in the street to protest against the attack on law enforcement agencies by BNP leaders and activists at Nayapaltan".
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"However, we are keeping an eye on the smooth journey of emergency vehicles including ambulances", he added.
Mohammad Roni Hossain, assistant proctor of Jahangirnagar University, said the JU BCL unit took to the street to protest against the BNP's ongoing terrorism and anarchy.
But emergency services remained normal despite the blockade, he said.
30 hurt over football match at JU
At least 30 students of Jahangirnagar University were injured in a clash over a football match on the campus on Tuesday.
Some of the injured were identified as Arpon, Rony, Munna, Mukto, Shahin, Asif, Sarwar,Hasib, Sajib, Ifaz and Rassul.
Five out of the injured were admitted to Enam Medical College Hospital.
Witnesses said that the students of Mawlana Bhasani and AFM Kamal Uddin halls locked into a clash over a controversial goal during the football match of ‘Chancellor Cup’ on the campus.
All the injured except the critical ones received first aid from the university’ medical center.
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Prof Abdullahel Kafi, president of the provost committee, said they would take necessary measures upon identifying the reason behind the attack after holding meetings with all groups.
Prof Dr Nurul Alam, vice chancellor of the university, said the university administration will bear all expenses for treatment for the students and take action.
Akhtaruzzaman, president of the university unit BCL, said his organisation will not take responsibility for the clash as it had no involvement with the incident.
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