Staff Reporter :
A dawn to dusk hartal across the country enforced by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in view of the Supreme Court’s review judgment that upheld the death penalty of the party Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was observed peacefully on Thursday.
There was no picketing was reported in he capital and anywhere in the country during the hartal, nor party leaders were seen. Even Chhatra Shibir, the main strength of the party, were inactive that surprised observers.
The number of passenger buses, minibuses, trucks, auto-rickshaws and
cars was almost normal in the Dhaka city, but thinner in the highways.
The patients and low-income people faced lesser troubles during the hartal period this time than they experienced in other hartal days.
The members of law enforcing agencies, including the Police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), patrolled the streets and the highways to meet emergencies.
Shops and commercial establishments and offices through most areas were seen open. The usual rush of office-goers in the morning was almost unchanged.
Office employees reached their destinations by buses and other public vehicles.
Makbul Ahmad, Acting Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, announced the strike on its website hours after the SC order on the review petition of Mojaheed filed against his death penalty on Wednesday. The Apex Court rejected the review petition and upheld the death penalty.
A dawn to dusk hartal across the country enforced by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in view of the Supreme Court’s review judgment that upheld the death penalty of the party Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was observed peacefully on Thursday.
There was no picketing was reported in he capital and anywhere in the country during the hartal, nor party leaders were seen. Even Chhatra Shibir, the main strength of the party, were inactive that surprised observers.
The number of passenger buses, minibuses, trucks, auto-rickshaws and
cars was almost normal in the Dhaka city, but thinner in the highways.
The patients and low-income people faced lesser troubles during the hartal period this time than they experienced in other hartal days.
The members of law enforcing agencies, including the Police and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), patrolled the streets and the highways to meet emergencies.
Shops and commercial establishments and offices through most areas were seen open. The usual rush of office-goers in the morning was almost unchanged.
Office employees reached their destinations by buses and other public vehicles.
Makbul Ahmad, Acting Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, announced the strike on its website hours after the SC order on the review petition of Mojaheed filed against his death penalty on Wednesday. The Apex Court rejected the review petition and upheld the death penalty.
