Chhatra Shakti leader Hasib attacked

Hasib Al Islam, president of the Dhaka University unit of Jatiya Chhatra Shakti, an affiliate of the National Citizen Party (NCP), was attacked by a group of armed miscreants in Srimangal, Moulvibazar, on Tuesday, 10 November, while travelling to a resort in an autorickshaw.

The attackers intercepted his vehicle in the Radhanagar area at around noon, called him a "July militant" and allegedly assaulted him with locally made weapons, including a machete.

Hasib had checked into Balishira Resort on 8 November and was scheduled to check out on Tuesday.

A video of the incident shows Hasib travelling in an autorickshaw with a woman when a group of men stopped the vehicle and surrounded him. They then attacked him with locally made weapons. At one point, Hasib managed to escape by running away from his attackers.

Jatiya Chhatra Shakti has alleged that members of the Awami League were behind the attack. The organisation claimed that the assailants had carried out a planned attack, branding Hasib a "July militant" before assaulting him with a machete.

Meanwhile, police had not reached the scene by 3:56pm on Tuesday, according to information available at the time.