Members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Salimullah Muslim Hall unit have allegedly egged Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) leader Nurul Haque Nur, when he was leaving the residential hall after being reportedly manhandled and besieged for nearly two hours on Tuesday (Apr 2).
DUCSU Vice-President (VP) Nur went to the hall around 5pm to meet its provost to formally protest against the assault allegedly carried out by BCL activists on Farid Hasan, who collected a nomination form for the general secretary post in hall union elections.
BCL activists led by SM Hall unit President Tahsan Hossain Russel and General Secretary Mehedi Hasan Taposh allegedly confined Nur within the premises the moment he entered.
Meanwhile, the SM Hall union VP Kamal Hossain and General Secretary Julius Caesar verbally abused and at one point when a scuffle broke out Kamal reportedly assaulted him for ‘entering the hall without permission’.
Two hours later, SM Hall Provost Md Mahbubul Alam Joarder arrived at the scene and escorted Nur and his companions out of the hall premises, when BCL activists hurled eggs at them.
Hall union VP Kamal, however, claimed it was the general students, not BCL activist, who egged the DUCSU VP.
No comments were available from Nur or activists of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council.
Md Farid Hasan, a postgraduate student of the university's Urdu department, was forced to pull out of the election race after allegedly facing threats by members of the BCL.
Late on Monday (Apr 1), Farid was dragged out from his room by BCL activists led by the hall unit vice-president Wasif Hasan Pias and taken to the dining room where he was assaulted.
On Tuesday, a human chain demonstration was held on the DU campus to protest the attack on Farid.
Nur took part in the protest and went to the SM Hall with a few others to officially lodge a complaint with the provost.