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Vol. 4 Num 284 Tue. March 16, 2004  
   
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Shibir men rough up JCD hall president at Alia Madrassah


A group of alleged Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists beat up the Allama Kashgari Hall (AKH) unit president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Alia Madrassah on Sunday.

Ten Jamaat-e-Islami-backed ICS activists, led allegedly by AKH unit president Masudur Rahman, bashed Abdul Motaleb, JCD hall unit president, in front of his room No. 103 with hockey sticks, cricket stumps and iron rods at about 11:30pm, sources said.

Motaleb, also a Fazil examinee, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with severe injuries.

According to sources, ICS men assaulted the JCD leader as he asked a fellow activist of JCD, the student front of key ruling party BNP, to stay in room No. 102 of the AKH only 30 minutes before the attack.

ICS supporters started to beat Motaleb as he refused to oust the JCD activist from the hall, they added.

An uneasy calm was prevailing at the hall and police reinforcements were dispatched to the scene to avert further violence.