15 hurt in BCL attack at Bogra college
At least 15 Samajtantrik Chhatra Front (SCF) activists of Govt Azizul Haque College unit were injured in an attack yesterday by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) as the latter swooped on a demonstration by SCF demanding cancellation of the deep sea gas exploration contract with Conoco-Phillips.
Campus sources said advocate Saiful Islam Paltu, convener of the Bogra district unit of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, was also among the injured.
Severely stabbed Polash Karmaker, an activist of SCF, was admitted to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College in a critical condition along with nine others.
Shyamol Kumar Barman, general secretary of SCF Bogra district unit, alleged that BCL activists and leaders attacked on the demonstration on the college campus all of a sudden.
Dilruba Nuri, vice president of the SCF Azizul Haque college unit, was also injured and admitted to hospital. She claimed that the BCL activists violated her.
UNB adds: SCF Azizul Haque college unit staged a demonstration on the campus in the morning demanding cancellation of deep sea gas exploration agreement with Conoco-Phillips and steps to solve the country's nagging power and gas crises.
BCL activists also asked SCF men to stop chanting anti-government slogans and not to use loudspeaker on the campus. SCF members did not yield to their demand.
College Principal Salamat Ullah also asked SCF not to use loudspeaker on the campus which they ignored and continued chanting slogans.
Incensed at the refusal, BCL cadres swooped on the demonstration and indiscriminately stabbed the SCF activists leaving them injured.
However, Kamrul Huda Uzzal, co-convener of BCL Azizul Haque college unit, denied the allegation of the involvement of his organisation in the incident.
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