Two PCP activists injured in JSS attack in Dhaka

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News No. 11/2010, January 28, 2010

Two members of the Hill Students Council popularly known as PCP (its Bengali acronym) were injured when a group of students loyal to Santu Larma attacked them in Dhaka last night.

PCP sources said at around 11pm a group of Santu loyalists led by Batayan, Tuhin, Kartuz and Liton attacked PCP members at the gate of Dhaka University Gymnasium as they were boarding a bus to go back home after attending a two-day central conference of their ogranisation held on 26 - 27 January.

Later, the JSS supporters ran away when other PCP members rushed there and resisted them.

A few minutes later, the Santu loyalists came back along with some Bengali students and tried to mount another attack.

However, the PCP resisted them again and chased them away up to Jagannath Hall. At this stage, the police intervened and forced the PCP members to leave the area.

The injured PCP members have been identified as Biten Chakma and Hori Kamal Tripura.

PCP's newly elected central committee president Aongai Marma condemned the attack and urged the government to arrest those responsible for it.

PCP will organise a demonstration in Dhaka today in protest against the attack today.