Hasib Al Islam (Hasibul Islam), a frontline fighter of the July mass uprising and president of Chhatra Shakti’s Dhaka University (DU) unit, has been attacked with a local weapon in the Radhanagar area of Sreemangal, the tourist upazila of Moulvibazar.
The surprise attack came at midday on Tuesday, 10 November, in front of the Balishira Resort, where Hasibul had come on a trip with his wife. He was injured in the hand.
According to sources and resort staff, Hasibul Islam arrived in Sreemangal with his wife three days earlier on a private trip and stayed at the Balishira Resort in Radhanagar. At midday on Tuesday they left the resort for Chittagong and got into a battery-run autorickshaw. Just after they passed the resort gate, a man holding a sharp machete (da) attacked them without warning and chased them. To save their lives he ran back into the resort with his wife and took shelter.
The resort management said the attacker’s blow wounded Hasibul’s hand. After they took shelter inside, staff quickly gave him first aid and stopped the bleeding. Later, feeling somewhat better, the couple set off again by autorickshaw for Sreemangal railway station.
Hasib Al Islam blamed leaders and activists of the banned Chhatra League for the attack. Local sources said the end of a video that spread on social media soon after shows, in a shadow on the ground, the attacker holding a sharp weapon (a machete).
Khaled Hasan, convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Moulvibazar district, said local leaders discussed the matter with central leaders as soon as they heard of the attack.
Kamrul Hossain Chowdhury, in charge of the Tourist Police Sreemangal zone, said: “We have heard about the incident, but no formal complaint has been made so far by the victim or anyone else. Even so, for the safety of tourists and the victim, police are looking into the matter on their own initiative.”
Sarkar Abdullah Al Mamun, officer in charge of Sreemangal police station, said police checked local hospitals after hearing of the attack but did not find them there. Police later confirmed through an NCP leader that Hasibul had left Sreemangal with his wife after first aid. He said swift legal action would be taken after investigation if a complaint is filed.
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