Dhaka, March 10 -- Three lawyers have been beaten up and injured over petitioning for bail for a person accused in a rape case in Jamalpur.

The lawyers accused Anti-discrimination Student Movement leaders and activists of the assault but the organisation denied the allegations on Monday.

The incident occurred in front of Jamalpur District Judge Court, according to Public Prosecutor Fazlul Haque.

The injured are elderly lawyer Khalilur Rahman, Abdul Awal, Jamalpur District BAR Association Vice President Abdul Awal and lawyer Shahjahal Ali.

Fazlul said lawyers Abdul Wahed and Nazrul Islam Tarafder requested bail for Sabuj, the accused in a Women and Child Repression Prevention Act case identified by a single name, on Monday.

But the co...