Barisal Correspondent :
At least eight BNP activists were injured, transports damaged and two arrested after police charged baton on the party workers, who were protesting arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday noon.
Witnesses said that different units of BNP and its front organizations according to central programme arranged a protest rally in front of their party office on the Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall premises of the city at 11:00 AM on Saturday.
A procession led by Mir Zahidul Kabir, BCC councillor and joint convener of
Swechchhasebok Dal city unit , with a procession advanced to join in the rally, but police barred them on road.
At that time activists of district ( north and south) BNP also with procession tried to join the rally at party office and faced the same obstacle from police and both sides engaged in altercation.
Then some BNP activists started to damage transports plying on road and hit on shutters and police charging baton tried to control the situation and dispersed the BNP activists.
At least, eight BNP activists including Mir Zahidul Kabir, Mahbubur Rahman Pintu, Mashiur Rahman Monju, Mamun Reza, leading activists of BNP, were injured in police action and two autorickshaws were damaged.
Police detained Mir Zahidul Kabir and Mahbubur Rahman Pintu from the spot. In the meantime, central BNP joint secretary-general and city unit President Mojibor Rahman Sarwar reached BNP office and started the protest rally.
Addressing the rally, Sarwar condemned the police action without any provocation. Sarwar said the strength and popularity of BNP and its Chairperson made the voter-less election government abnormal. So by lodging cases, attacking programmes, arresting leaders and activists, ruling AL trying to remain in power for ever by making BNP weak. However this dream would never be realized.
At least eight BNP activists were injured, transports damaged and two arrested after police charged baton on the party workers, who were protesting arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday noon.
Witnesses said that different units of BNP and its front organizations according to central programme arranged a protest rally in front of their party office on the Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall premises of the city at 11:00 AM on Saturday.
A procession led by Mir Zahidul Kabir, BCC councillor and joint convener of
Swechchhasebok Dal city unit , with a procession advanced to join in the rally, but police barred them on road.
At that time activists of district ( north and south) BNP also with procession tried to join the rally at party office and faced the same obstacle from police and both sides engaged in altercation.
Then some BNP activists started to damage transports plying on road and hit on shutters and police charging baton tried to control the situation and dispersed the BNP activists.
At least, eight BNP activists including Mir Zahidul Kabir, Mahbubur Rahman Pintu, Mashiur Rahman Monju, Mamun Reza, leading activists of BNP, were injured in police action and two autorickshaws were damaged.
Police detained Mir Zahidul Kabir and Mahbubur Rahman Pintu from the spot. In the meantime, central BNP joint secretary-general and city unit President Mojibor Rahman Sarwar reached BNP office and started the protest rally.
Addressing the rally, Sarwar condemned the police action without any provocation. Sarwar said the strength and popularity of BNP and its Chairperson made the voter-less election government abnormal. So by lodging cases, attacking programmes, arresting leaders and activists, ruling AL trying to remain in power for ever by making BNP weak. However this dream would never be realized.
