[1] The student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League has been repeatedly accused of using torture, extortion, violence, forced prostitution and killings to instill fear.
During the Bengali New Year celebration on the Dhaka University campus, a group of individuals assaulted women at the event, attempting to strip them of their clothing.
[16] On 28 September, reports indicated that members of the Chhatra League had been involved in factional clashes at Murari Chand College, which had led to four deaths in separate incidents since 2018.
[21] As of 29 September 2020, seven suspects had been arrested, and DNA evidence confirmed their involvement[22][23] A female tourist, who was a housewife and mother of an eight-month-old child, was allegedly gang-raped by three individuals identified as Joy, Ashiq, and Babu.
The attackers reportedly separated her from her husband and children, who were held hostage while the assault took place in a prominent tourist area in Cox’s Bazar.
"[24] A female student at University of Chattogram was reportedly abducted near her dormitory by a group of individuals linked to the Chhatra League and stripped, with an attempted sexual assault following.
[25] An investigation by law enforcement later identified the five suspects as activists linked to Rezaul Haque, an associate of Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury.
Prior to this incident, two other students had also been sexually assaulted on campus, allegedly by individuals connected to followers of the Deputy Education Minister.
[27] In September 2022, allegations surfaced in the media accusing the leadership of the Chhatra League at Eden Mohila College of sexually exploiting female students.
[28] According to some BCL leaders within the college, the president of the unit, allegedly supported by senior leadership, was accused of blackmailing young students with compromising photographs and videos.
The conflict, which began over a dispute at a local eatery, escalated into violent encounters involving student activists from the Bangladesh Chhatra League, resulting in several injuries.
During a protest on 2 July 2018, Toriqul Islam, a leader of the quota reform movement, along with 15 others, was attacked with sticks, bamboo poles, a dagger, and a hammer.
On 5 August 2018, several photojournalists were allegedly assaulted by individuals, reportedly BCL members wearing helmets, while law enforcement officers present did not intervene.
[54] Sanjit Chandra Das, leader of Dhaka University's Chhatra League unit, declared to "peel off the skin" of protesters if they demonstrated against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh in March 2021.
[57] The joint forces of the Chhatra League and other law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh employed violent measures to suppress the 2024 quota protests and the non-cooperation movement across the country.
[59][60][61][62][63] Leaders and activists of the Chhatra League were reported to be involved in coordinated attacks on the Hindu community in the districts of Chandpur and Rangpur during the 2021 communal violence in Bangladesh.
[64] In Chandpur, two Chhatra League activists were reported to have initiated protests over the alleged "demeaning of the Quran", which subsequently led to attacks on local temples and pandals.