50 hurt as JCD men swoop on Sust sit-in
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
The activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) swooped on the general students of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (Sust) on the campus yesterday, leaving at least 50 injured. Of the injured, 15 were admitted to Sylhet M A G Osmany Medical College Hospital while the rest given first aid. Campus sources said about 40 JCD men attacked the students who were staging a sit-in in front of the administrative building to press their nine-point demand. The demands include punitive action against some JCD cadres who had helped a fellow cadre in sexual abuse of a student. The JCD activists beat up the general students, fired blank shots and ransacked some rooms of the building. They also beat up the photojournalists of three local dailies as they went to the campus to snap the incident. Police went to the campus and brought the situation under control at about 6:00pm. The general students held a protest rally in Madina Market area in the city at 7:00pm, demanding punishment to the attackers.
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