Five students of Panchagarh Nurun Ala Nur Kamil Madrasa in Sadar upazila of the district were assaulted by an outsider yesterday. The injured are Abu Bakkar Siddique, Ahsan Habib, Tonmoy, Shahin and Adnan Goni. Locals said Akbar Ali, 37, an employee of a jewelry shop in the area, stormed into a room of Class VII around 10:00am and started beating the five, leaving them injured. Later, other students and teachers rescued the victims, caught Akbar and handed over him to police. A case was filed in this connection, said Dr Muhammad Abdur Rahman, principal of the madrasa.