Savar: At least 15 people, including some female students, were injured as activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly attacked the quota reform protesters at Jahangirnagar University on Wednesday.

Witnesses said around 30-40 BCL men, led by JU unit president Jewel Rana and general secretary Abu Sufian Chanchal, carrying sticks swooped on the demonstrators at the main entrance of the university while they were talking to JU VC Prof Farzana Islam and teachers’ representatives, reports the UNB.

The agitating students alleged that BCL men Rafa, Mahbubur Rahman, Nahid, Nayem, Bayezid Rana, Apon and Riju attacked them during their peaceful agitation.

They claimed that 15 people, including two journalists and some female students, were injured in the attack.

Meanwhile, the demonstrators brought out a protest procession on the campus around 6:30 pm when they demanded expulsion of the attackers from the university.

JU Proctor Sikder Md Zulkarnine described the attack as unexpected.

Meanwhile, Jewel Rana denied the allegation of attack, saying there was a misunderstanding between two groups of activists.