JU BCL activists vandalise shops

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Jahangirnagar University yesterday vandalised a few food shops and vehicles in Gerua Bazar adjacent to the campus, following an activist's altercation with a former JU student over sitting in a restaurant in the market.

Nahid Hossain Monir, an activist of BCL, and student accounting and information system quarrelled, with Md Russel, a former JU student of botany.

Sazib Kumar Saha, international affair secretary of BCL's JU unit, and Abdul Mazed Shimanto, theatre and debate affairs secretary of the unit, led dozens of activists to the market and vanadlised the shops and vehicles, said BCL insiders.

They also beat up Russel, who was later rescued by the proctorial team and handed over to police, said Proctor Tapan Kumar Saha, adding that if the shop owners complained about the vandalism, they would take steps.

BCL leader Sazib, however, said they visited the market thinking something big had happened but he did not know about the vandalism. He confirmed that Monir is a BCL activist.