The perpetrators behind the attack on the offices of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU), leaving its Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur and several others injured, will not be spared, says a senior leader of the ruling Awami League.
"Actions will be taken against anyone trying to create instability at the Dhaka University campus. The perpetrators will be identified by 24 hours and actions will be taken against, whoever they are," Presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak said after visiting Nur at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Flanked by fellow Presidium member Bahauddin Nasim, Nanak told the media that they came to see the DUCSU vice-president "upon the prime minister's instruction".
"We have urged the hospital authorities to ensure the best treatment for VP Nur," he said.
DUCSU VP Nur and at least 15 of his followers were injured in attacks by activists working under the banner of Muktijuddho Mancha on the campus after heated arguments.
Activists of Muktijuddha Mancha allegedly hurled brickbats at DUCSU office room when Nur and some of his associates were inside.
DU Chhatra League President Sanjit Chandra Das and General Secretary Saddam Hussain, who is also the assistant general secretary of DUCSU, came to the building and some activists of the organisation entered it with them.
An altercation broke out when BCL leaders told Nur that he asks "outsiders" to leave the DUCSU offices.
The BCL leaders left after reportedly slapping a five-minute deadline to clear the offices.
The attackers then drove out the Nur’s associate from his room. While leaving the building, they were beaten up by stick-wielding activists.
The attackers took away the hard drive of the building’s security cameras while leaving.
The members of the university’s proctorial team then took Nur and the others to the hospital.
Nur has come under attack on the campus and in different parts of the country after he defeated the BCL candidate in the DUCSU election in March.
He was the pick of the Bangladesh Council to Protect General Students’ Rights that spearheaded a movement forcing the government to scrap quotas, including for freedom fighters’ descendants, in civil service recruitment.
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