BCL men beat up CU student

Some activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League of Chittagong University beat up a student at the university railway station on Saturday over a trifle matter.

The victim was identified as Md Helal Uddin, a first year student of Arabic department of CU.

Witnesses said Helal was gossiping with his three female friends at the university railway station.

A group of 10-12 BCL activists, led by Rahat Hossen Himel, vice-president of the university unit, beat up Helal as he protested at stalking of his female friends.

Informed, police rushed to the spot and saved Helal.

Earlier, BCL men had also beaten up two students — Sabbir, an MBA student of marketing department, and Pavel Riyad, 3rd year student of history department — on December 26 in a train compartment at CU railway station in the presence of the officier-in-charge Abul Kashem of Hathazari police station.