CU journalist 'beaten' by BCL

The Chittagong University Journalists Association (Cuja) yesterday complained that the followers of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader attacked a journalist on Monday night "out of vengeance".

In a letter to the proctor, Cuja accused CU BCL General Secretary Fazle Rabby Sujan of giving directives to attack Abu Sufian, a fourth-year student of communication and journalism and the university correspondent of ATN News. Sujan is an accused in an arms and explosives case, it said.

Sujan called the incident a "misunderstanding", and said the problem was solved. Proctor Ali Asgar Chowdhury said action would be taken against the guilty.