Unidentified miscreants have cut the leg of a Chhatra Shibir leader off at the Rajshahi University campus on Monday afternoon.
The victim, Russel Alam, 24, is a fourth year student of Finance and Banking Department and, also the general secretary of Nawab Abdul Latif Hall unit Shibir.
He was undergoing surgery till filing this report at 8pm.
Witnesses said a gang of miscreants caught Russel around 3:45pm while he was roaming around the Shahidullah Arts Building area and took him behind the building.
At one stage, they hacked the Shibir leader, cut his right leg off and fled the place.
Later, police rescued critically injured Russel and admitted him at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Motihar police station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain said: “A team of police went to the Shahidullah Arts building at 3:45pm in order to arrest a Shibir leader, who was wanted in more than 50 cases.
On their way back to the police station, the police members heard the sound of firing and rushed to the building again. They found critically injured Russel and took him to RMCH,” he added.
Tofazzel Hossain, duty doctor of RMCH told the Dhaka Tribune that the right leg of Rasel was severed off and he received injuries in his chest and leg.
His condition was very critical, he added.
Tanvir Haider Chowdhury, deputy police commissioner of Rajshahi Metropalitan Police (RMP), told newsmen: “A group of unidentified miscreants severed a leg of Russel. But, the identities of the miscreants could not be known immediately.”
However, witnesses calimed that a group of BCL leaders and activists led by RU unit Organising Secretary Faisal Ahmed Runu, Kaosar Ahmed Koushik, Joint Secretary Golam Kibria, Assistant Secretary Faruk Ahmed, Human Resources and Development Secretary Sabrin Samin alias kool Sushmoy and activists Rinet and Hirok launched the attack.
Labib Abdullah, publicity secretary of RU unit Shibir, has also claimed that the BCL activists led by its RU unit general secretary SM Tawhid Al Hossain launched the attack.
However, Mizanur Rahman Rana, RU president of the BCL, denied the allegation.
RU Proctor Prof Tarikul Hasan said security measures have been tightened on the campus to avert further untoward situation
Protesting the attack, Shibir has called a half-day hartal in Rajshahi, Natore and Chapainawabganj districts for Tuesday, said Labib.
The shut down will be enforced from 6am to 2pm.
Shibir leaders and activists have brought out a procession at Bhodrer Mor area at 8:30pm, protesting the attack and supporting the Tuesday's hartal.