At least 50 more students of Dhaka University were injured

At least 50 more students of Dhaka University were injured yesterday on the second day of clashes between students of Sir A F Rahman Hall And Zahurul Haq Hall.

Witnesses said, following the Monday incident some students of ZH Hall taunted students of AFR Hall addressing them ‘Vouya’ (useless), when the news spread around students of the AFR Hall and held Babu and severely beat him up with iron sticks and cricket stumps. After hearing the news, students of ZH Hall chased their rivals out. During the marathon chase and counter chase from 2:00pm to 4:30 pm, both the groups attacked each other, leaving the 50 injured on both sides.

The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and DU Medical Center where they received first aid. Among the seriously injured admitted to DMCH are Babu a 2nd year student of English, Reza 4th year student of Arabic and Zakir 2nd year student of Persian.

Additional police were deployed on the campus to avert further trouble.

Source: The New Nation