TDS Desk:

Home affairs adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the individuals involved in attacks on students in Gazipur will be held on trial.

He made the statement while talking to the media at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday, after visiting the injured who are receiving treatment at the hospital.

Meanwhile, Asaduzzaman, director of the DMCH, that a total of 11 people were taken to the hospital for their injuries sustained from attacks in Gazipur. Four were released after providing first aid, while seven are now admitted at the hospital.

Three of them have injuries in the head while the two others in the hand and other body parts. They – Yakub, 24; Sourav, 22; Kashem, 17; Shuvo Shahria, 16; and Hasan, 22 – were taken to the Dhaka hospital around 1:30 am on Saturday, according to Md Faruk, an inspector of the police’s DMCH outpost.

Md Nasir, a brother of Yakub, said his brother along with the others were trapped in the Awami League leader’s residence and beaten up mercilessly with sharp weapons around 8:30 pm on Friday. Yakub was hit in his head.

According to the police, a group of aggrieved people attacked the Awmi League leader’s residence at Dakshinkhan of Dheerasram in Gazipur and carried out vandalism there. At one point, an announcement was made through the nearby mosque’s megaphone that the former minister’s home was being robbed.

In response, the locals came forward and surrounded the residence, with the vandals trapped inside. Later, some of the vandals were beaten up there.

Over the incident, Md Abdullah, a leader of the anti-discrimination student movement in Gazipur, said some 15-16 students went to the former minister’s residence on information that it was being ransacked. When they attempted to prevent the looting, a large crowd rounded them up and beat them mercilessly with sharp weapons, after taking them to the roof.

When some other students went there, they also received the same treatment, he added.