Dhaka, UNB : Slum dwellers clashed with police during an eviction drive at their slum in the city’s Kalyanpur area on Thursday morning. A team of Public Works Department went to Natun Bazar in Kalyanpur of the capital along with police and magistrate Nure Alam to conduct an eviction drive there around 11am. When the team reached there, the slum dwellers obstructed them by throwing brickbats, leading to a clash. However, police brought the situation under control around 11:45 am by charging baton and firing rubber bullets. Later, another spell of clash started around 12:30 pm over the same issue. Advocate Shahjahan Kibria, counsel of the authorities of a mosque situated on the area, said a metropolitan session court on Wednesday issued a stay order asking the authorities not to conduct eviction drive for next two months. The drive was conducted ignoring the order, he said.
