Eden College leftist leader among several injured in Chhatra League attack

20-30 Chhatra League activists attacked them with hot water and beat them, according to one leftist student leader

At least five to seven people, including 28-year-old Shahinur Shumi – the president of the Eden College branch of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front – have been injured in an attack by the college’s Chhatra League unit.

The attack occurred on Monday afternoon, the injured said. Shumi was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 2pm.

The Samajtantrik Chhatra Front was to conduct a quota reform demonstration in front of the Raju Sculpture when the attack occurred, said Rafiquzzaman Farid, the organisation’s general secretary. As the organisation’s members were gathering, they were attacked by 20-30 Chhatra League activists with hot water and beaten.

Sumi and several others were injured, said Farid, who had accompanied them to the hospital.

Sumi was receiving treatment at the Dhaka Medical College One-Stop Emergency Centre, said Inspector Bachchu Mia of the DMC Police Outpost.