College teacher assaulted by policemen, 20 students hurt
A college teacher was physically assaulted allegedly by some on-duty policemen near Mymensingh Zila School Intersection in the town yesterday.
The victim, Sheikh Mohammad Shariful Islam, an assistant professor at Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam College, was given first aid at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH).
Victim Shariful said he had an altercation with a three-wheeler driver when the latter hit the bumper of his private car while he was crossing the Zila School Intersection around 9:45am.
“Seeing the altercation, an on-duty traffic policeman came to the spot and charged my car driver for alleged wrongdoing. When I protested about his misbehaviour, he locked in an altercation with me,” Shariful alleged.
He later grabbed the collar of my shirt and punched me several times and at one stage, four other policemen joined him, Shariful said, adding, “They tore off my shirt, picked me on a police van and took me to a nearby police outpost.”
Later, some of his colleagues rushed to the police outpost, rescued him from there and took him to MMCH for treatment, he said.
A shopkeeper near the spot, seeking anonymity, said he saw five policemen beating a man and later he learnt that the victim is a college teacher.
Meanwhile, hearing the news, some agitated students of the college brought out a protest procession and went to Kotwali Police Station, demanding arrest of the attackers.
Police later fired several rubber bullets to disperse the agitating students that left at least 20 students injured, a teacher of the college Mofizun Nur Khoka said.
Of them, four are now undergoing treatment at MMCH while six others were given first aid, he added.
Police fired four rubber bullets to disperse the agitating students, who ransacked the windowpanes and some motorbikes of the police station, Mymensingh Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Mohammad Al-Amin said, adding that four policemen were injured in the attack.
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