5 BCL men handed over to police by leaders, later freed

Chhatra League (BCL) leaders at the university early yesterday handed over five of their Madar Bux Hall unit activists to police following an intra-party clash at the hall.
The five BCL men are Shah Newaz Tokon of Sociology department, Ruhul Amin Babu of Library Science, Alim of Information and Communication Engineering, Anwar of Law and Justice and Faruq Hossain of Economics department.
They were, however, released afterwards.
Witnesses said at around 11:00pm on Tuesday night, a group of BCL men led by Tokon beat up BCL activists Mehedi and Salauddin and locked them in a room at the hall over a trifling matter.
Following the incident, a large number of BCL leaders and activists from different halls went to the hall to save Mehedi and Salauddin with firearms creating panic among the general students.
Hearing the news, RU unit BCL president Awal Kabir Joy and secretary Mazedul Islam Opu rushed to Madar Bux Hall to settle the matter.
Later, the two leaders called the law enforcers from Motihar police station and handed the five over to them at around 12:30am.
The leaders took the action in face of agitation by other BCL activists who demanded police action.
The arrestees were also suspended from BCL activities on campus for indefinite period at an emergency meeting at the hall, BCL sources said.
BCL president Awal Kabir Joy said the BCL men were handed over to police as they were trying to create discord within BCL at the hall.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Motihar police station Abul Khair said they detained the five BCL men on getting allegation from RU unit BCL president and secretary.
“They were released later yesterday after primary interrogation,” the OC said.
Meanwhile, BCL men severely beat up a student on Tuesday night at Suhrawardy Hall.
Sources said, a group of BCL cadres led by Ashis and Tofazzal beat up Abdur Razzak Shamim, a master's student of Applied Chemistry as he protested smoking by BCL cadres at the hall's TV room at around 11:00pm leaving him critically injured.
Shamim was admitted to the university medical centre.
BCL president Awal Kabir Joy said he will take stern action against the BCL men who beat up Shamim after an investigation.
RU proctor Prof Chowdhury Zakaria said he will also investigate the matter.