Chhatra League activists on Sunday night assaulted Lucky
Akter, a frontline activist at the Shahbagh protests seeking death penalty of
all war criminals, protesters said.
Lucky, who became known for shouting slogans
at the protests, was sent to BIRDEM Hospital, the
Bangladesh Students Union general secretary, Hasan Tarek, said.
Protesters said that a group of Chhatra League activists
had assaulted Lucky, also a leader of Bangladesh Students Union and student of
English in Jagannath University, about 10:30pm.
They said that incident took place when Awami League
leader Tofail Ahmed reached the place and Chhatra League activists insisted on
Tofail’s saying something expressing solidarity.
‘Lucky at that time said that in keeping with an earlier
decision no politician could be allowed to make speeches here. At one point,
the Chhatra League’s general secretary snatched away the microphone from Lucky
and a group of his followers assaulted her,’ a protester said.
Some of the protesters stopped Tofail from saying
anything. Tofail then left the place.
Protest organisers, however, said that she had fallen sick
because of dehydration and would join the protests once she started feeling
better.
The protests continued amid tension, witnesses said.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh president, Mujahidul
Islam Selim, and the prime minister’s assistant private secretary Mahbubul
Hoque Shakil, about 11:45pm took her back onto the protest platform. (Read theoriginal story)