Rajshahi University (RU) student leader Nurul Islam Shaheed came under attack by some miscreants at the Rajshahi’s municipality on Tuesday night.
The incident happened at Hetem Kha area in the municipality at around 11:00PM.
Nurul Islam Shaheed, a coordinator of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, is a student of Crop Science and Technology Department under 2020-21 academic sessions of the university.
Mehedi Sajib, another coordinators of the Rajshahi University, said that Shaheed used to live in a rented mess in at Hetem Kha area. Around 11PM, a group of miscreants led by a local influential leader attacked him near the mess and beat up him, leaving him injured critically on the spot.
The attackers also assaulted the students who came to protest Shaheed, he added.
People of the area rescued Shaheed and took him to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital.
Boalia Police Station officer in-charge Mehedi Hasan said that no complaint has been filed yet in this connection. They were looking into the matter, he said, adding that the culprits involved in the incident would be brought to book soon.
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