Time Digital Report: At least five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Union were injured in an attack allegedly carried out by Bangladesh Chhatra League men over placing flowers wreaths at the Shaheed Minar of Chattogram Municipal Model High School this morning.
An altercation between the two student bodies erupted around 9:30 am as Chhatra League men tried to pay tribute, cutting the queue, witnesses and Chhatra Union men said.
Imran Chowdhury, president of Chattogram district unit Chhatra Union, said people were paying tribute maintaining discipline and the queue.
"We were also going to place flowers maintaining the queue…But, suddenly a group of Chhatra League activists cut in and headed towards the Shaheed Minar," he said.
"As our activists protested it, they locked in the altercation," he said, adding the Chhatra League men beat up union activists.
Five Chhatra Union activists were injured, he claimed.
Panic spread among people who went there to pay tribute to the language martyrs.
Zakaria Dastagir, general secretary of Chattogram city unit Chhatra League, said none of their activists was involved in the incident.
Thousands of people gathered in the New Market area since midnight to pay tribute at the Shaheed Minar.
