Star journo assaulted at DU
Some students of Dhaka University assault a participant of a rally of South Asian Social Forum 2011 (SASF) in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts yesterday. Photo: STAR
Some Dhaka University students physically assaulted a photographer of The Daily Star in presence of a contingent of police, as he took snaps while the students were beating up another person in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts yesterday. The students of the faculty dragged Rashed Shumon, a staff photographer of the daily, into the faculty premises, beat him up, and tried to snatch his camera away around 11:30am. Witnesses said the photographer came under the attack as he was capturing photos while some of the students were beating up one of the participants of a rally of South Asian Social Forum-2011 (SASF) and also damaging vehicles in front of the faculty. A huge contingent of police witnessed the incident, but neither had they tried to rescue Rashed Shumon nor to arrest any of the violent students. Contacted, Additional Deputy Commissioner Syed Nurul Islam of Ramna division said the students got angry with the SASF activists, as the rally was disturbing their examination. Meanwhile, DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique condemned the attack on the photographer and formed a one-member committee to probe the incident when the leaders of Bangladesh Photojournalists' Association called on him at his office. Acting DU Proctor AM Amzad said assistant proctor Rabiul Islam of the faculty has been made the committee member to investigate the incident.
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