Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- Unidentified assailants opened fire on the members of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement demonstrating in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Gazipur city on Saturday.

Mubassher Hossain (26), an active member of the student body, was injured in the attack that took place at around 6:30 pm on Rajbari Road.

The injured was rescued and taken to the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur.

Members of different student and social organisations as well as the general public were demonstrating in the area throughout the day today to protest the attack on students at the house of former minister AKM Mozammel Haque in Gazipur on Friday night, according to locals.

Assailants riding a motorcycle...