When the protesters went to the hall to meet its provost, Chhatra League activists tried to bar them from meeting the provost and threw eggs on them. During the scuffle, Nur was surrounded by Chhatra League activists and reportedly slapped by hall union VP Kamal Hossain, alleged the Ducsu VP. Farid, a postgraduate student of the university's Urdu department, was forced to pull out of the election race after allegedly facing threats by members of the Chhatra League, he claimed. In the presence of hall union general secretary Julius Caesar, hall unit Chhatra League President Tahsan Ahmed Rasel and expelled Chhatra League leader Mizanur Rahman Pikul, hall unit Chhatra League General Secretary Mehedi Hasan Taposh started to beat him up brutally, Farid claimed. Meanwhile, hall Provost Dr Md Mahbubul Alam Joarder could not be reached over phone despite repeated attempts.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 02, 2019 14:03 UTC