Bishwajit Das, a 24-year-old young man was killed in an attack by a group of Bangladesh
Chhatra League activists, who took him for a pro-blockade activist, yesterday.
A group of 10-12, swooped on him near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka around
8:30am on his way to work. They beat him with sticks and iron rods and hacked
him with sharp weapons. Bishwajit died after he was taken to Mitford Hospital
for treatment. According to dozens of eyewitnesses, the attackers are BCL activists of
Jagannath University (JnU).
A group of pro-opposition lawyers brought out
a procession around 8:30am, marching towards Bahadur Shah Park in support of the
opposition-called blockade, when a group of BCL activists of JnU attacked the procession and beat up some
lawyers, witnesses said. In a few minutes, a sound of an explosion was heard
nearby and the BCL men started chasing pedestrians.
Bishwajit, who was also among the pedestrians, ran for life and got into a
nearby building, said Ripon Sarder, a rickshaw puller who took him to the
hospital. "They [BCL] were beating him even as he was running for life,"
Ripon added.
According to family members, Bishwajit was not involved with any political
party. Originally from Shariatpur, he used to live with his elder brother at
Hrishikesh Das Lane at Sutrapur.
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