An Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was beaten up Monday, allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at the Chittagong University (CU) campus, over a trivial matter. The injured was identified as Ariful Islam, a third year student of the economics department and a “Shibir Shathi” of Alaol dormitory.
Following the incident, BCL leaders and activists blocked the city-bound CU shuttle train for nearly half an hour from 1:30pm.
Witnesses said Mohammed Mansur Alam, the education affairs secretary of BCL CU unit who also belongs to General Secretary MA Khaled’s group, was locked in an altercation with the Shibir man at the economics department over a trivial issue. Later the BCL leader, along with his cohorts, allegedly beat up Ariful near the social science faculty around 11:45am.
Upon being informed, police rushed to the scene; so far, no one has been detained in connection to the incident.
The injured Ariful was taken to the university medical center and later shifted to a private medical hospital in the city for better treatment, said Assistant proctor Anwar Hossain.
