14, including AP photographer, badly beaten up
by Chhatra League
At least 14 people across Dhaka city have been injured
allegedly in attacks by the ruling party's student front, Chhatra League,
during the ongoing students’ protest throughout the country.
The incidents took place on Sunday afternoon in different
parts of Dhaka, mostly in Dhanmondi’s Jigatola area.
Of them, eight are admitted at Dhaka Medical College
Hospital (DMCH), five in Popular Hospital and one in Labaid Hospital.
Eight people were admitted to Dhaka Medical College
Hospital (DMCH), after sustaining injuries from attacks took place in various
places of the city.
Confirming the news on DMCH emergency department
residential doctor Mohammad Alauddin said: “They came here around 2:15pm from
different areas of the city. None of their injuries are critical. They are
under treatment at the moment.”
The injured are Dhaka University (DU) student Nusrat
Jahan, Sushmita Roy Lisa, Tushar, Shimanti, Maruf, Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Rakin, Independent University
Bangladesh students Enamul Haque and Tamim
AP photojournalist AM Ahad was badly beaten in the head
and in his legs by Chharta League men while he was covering the students’
protest in front of Dhaka City College. The attackers also broke his camera. He
was taken to Lab Aid Hospital in a bloodied state.
“Five to six photojournalists were also attacked in the
presence of police at the time when Chhatra League men attacked them,” said
photojournalist Al Emrun Garjon.
Another group of journalists were attacked by Chhatra
League men at Dhanmondi Road 2.
They were standing in front of Star Kabab on Dhanmondi 2
when a group of 15-20 Chhatra League men came from the Science Laboratory
intersection and began shouting against them, our correspondent witnessed.
In another incident, five people were injured in a
reported clash between Chhatra League and students in Dhanmondi’s Jigatola
area.
The students were undergoing treatment at Popular
Diagnostic Hospital, our correspondent Arifur Rahman Rabbi reported from the
spot.
At least 25 journalists and many others students were
injured in separate attacks and the number may increase.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Source: Dhaka Tribune