BCL men beat up own new hall president

Aggrieved at being left out, a faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League beat up the new president of Syed Amir Ali Hall at Rajshahi University yesterday.

Nazmul Islam Sajal, a third-year student of finance and banking, was admitted to the university medical centre with head injuries. He was hit with iron rods.

Witnesses said 10-12 activists, led by general secretary aspirants of the hall unit Jubaer Ahmed Pulok and Sujon Kumar Biswas, beat Sajal up in the latter's room.

The attack came soon after the new hall committee comprising five posts -- president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary, and organising secretary -- was announced around 6:00pm. Saikat Hossain was made general secretary.

Pulok, a fourth-year student, admitted to assaulting Sajal and claimed that Sajal joined politics only two months ago but he was made president only because he has personal relationship with Mizanur Rahman Rana, president of BCL's RU unit.

Rana's men retaliated by beating up Pulok, said BCL insiders, but Rana denied the allegation.