Dhaka, March 8 -- Violence has broken out near Shahbagh Police Station after student activists played Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic Mar 7 speech, leaving a Dhaka University student and an associate injured.

The incident occurred around 10:45pm during an event organised by Sk Tasnim Afroz Emi and others to protest the earlier detention of two people over Mar 7 commemorations.

A loudspeaker, brought in by rickshaw at 9:30pm, was set up outside the station.

Leaders and activists of DUCSU and Jatiya Chhatra Shakti confronted the group.

DUCSU's Musaddiq Ali Ibne Mohammad and AB Zubair reportedly dragged the rickshaw into the station, during which Emi and a companion were beaten and humiliated.

Following the attack, Chhatra ...