In Cumilla, students and journalists were seen beating up Awami League and its organizational leaders and firing at protest marches. As of this writing, 7 people have been shot and more than 25 students have been reported injured.
On Saturday (August 3) at around 11 am, the students from Cumilla Zilla School took out a mass procession and tried to come to Kandirpar intersection, when they started the beating.
As per the pre-announced program, the students took a position in front of the district school and started reciting various songs, poems and slogans. Later, when the students wanted to go to Kandirpar area of the city with a protest procession, they were chased by the leaders and workers of the Awami League and other organizations.
At that time, they beat up two journalists of the local Cumilla paper and took the phone of one of them. The agitators also slapped and hit several students including women students with sticks. After that, the leaders and workers of Awami League and its organizations openly practiced with short guns, ramadas and sticks in various streets including CNG station on Tomsom Bridge Road, Victoria College Gate, Rajganj Junction, Zilla School Gate and kept beating and threatening students and journalists on sight. Ittefaq’s news reporter Manchur Alam Antar was also beaten by an Awami League worker with a stick.
Earlier, BCL leaders were also seen firing several rounds to disperse the students.
Cumilla District Civil Surgeon Dr. Dr. Nachima Akhtar and director of Cumilla Medical College Hospital. Sheikh Fazle Rabbi. Also, more than 25 students were injured, eyewitnesses said. However, the number of casualties may increase.
Meanwhile, the agitating students dispersed and then marched to the police line and Shirangacha area. Chhatra League leaders chased them again. Since then, the situation prevails throughout Cumilla.
However, there was no presence of law and order forces in this clash between the agitating students and the Awami League. As a result, a kind of fear prevails among traders, pedestrians and locals. Most of the markets and shops in Cumilla city are currently closed.
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