‘BCL attacks’ JU students with firearms at midnight; students take shelter at VC residence
In front of JU VC’s residence. Photo: Collected
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In front of JU VC’s residence. Photo: Collected
Men wearing helmets, believed to be members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), have launched an attack on students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) at midnight, according to the quota reform activists and several journalists present at the scene.
At around 11:30pm, the students broke the lock of the university vice-chancellor’s residence and took shelter inside.
Around 15 minutes later, at least three hundred BCL activists went in front of the residence with GI pipes and sticks.
They started throwing bricks and glass bottles at the protesting students, our correspondent reports.
After about half an hour, the police rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
Unidentified people entering the VC’s residence after breaking the lock. Photo: TBS
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Unidentified people entering the VC’s residence after breaking the lock. Photo: TBS
Both parties have taken positions in front of the VC’s residence at this time.
The students claimed that most of the activists of the Chhatra League who launched the attack are outsiders. They also alleged that there are people in their forties among them.
