RU student and quota-reform movement leader Toriqul Islam, and 15 others, were attacked during their protest march, 2 July 2018, by opposing students. A prominent Bangladesh newspaper, the "Daily Star," which filmed the incident, identified 10 of the attackers as leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a pro-Awami League (Bangladesh's ruling party) student organisation. Video footage and photos published in Bangladeshi media showed BCL men—with sticks, bamboo poles, a dagger and a hammer—beating Toriqul, who suffered a broken leg and severe head injury. Several police officers standing nearby (unaware the incident was being filmed) did not intervene until the attack was finished, then took the victim to hospital—but without arresting any of the attackers, publicly denying it was anything more than a "scuffle." University authorities declined to investigate, for lack of a filed complaint. Images of the attack, distributed on social media, sparked widespread criticism over police and university administration inaction.