Bagerhat tense after JCD attack on Shibir office

Armed policemen are guarding offices of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shibir, BNP and JCD.

At least seven Shibir activists were injured in the attack that also damaged their office. The injured are undergoing treatment at a local clinic.

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Two Shibir activists -- Wahid and Mizan --were abducted, Shajahan Tarik, president of Bagerhat district ICS, claimed.

The attackers were armed with iron rods, clubs and hammers.

The attack came when a meeting was going on at the Shibir office at about 7-30 pm on Thursday.

The attackers stormed into the office, ransacked it and beat all leaders and activists inside, the ICS president claimed. The injured are city ICS President A Razzak, secretary Mohammod Ibrahim, Saiful Islam, Zahidul, Muhibullah, Parvez and Mohammod Ali.

Shibir activists claimed that the attackers were led by Baig Shamim Hasan, general secretary of Bagerhat district JCD. It was made as JCD activists failed to abduct Shajahan Tarik.

They also alleged that police took more than an hour to reach spot which is about 200 yards from Bagerhat Sadar thana.

When contacted, Baig Shamim Hasan refuted the allegation of his party's involvement in the incident.

Shajahan Tarik claimed that Thursday's incident was continuation of such attacks after the recent P C College Students' Union election. Shibir swept the election but results are withheld as two ballot boxes were snatched by JCD cadres, he claimed.

Amir of district Jamaat-e-Islami Mufti Abdus Sattar MP, General Secretary Moulana Rezaul Karim, Nayb-e-Amir Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui and Moulana Abul Kashem have strongly condemned the attack and demanded arrest of attackers. Otherwise, the BNP-Jamaat alliance will be severely strained, they warned.

Bagerhat district BNP President M A H Selim MP also denied JCD's alleged involvement in the incident.

Selim, also district conveyor of the four-party liaison committee, is in Bagerhat since Tuesday last but is get to visit the damaged Shibir office and its injured leaders and activists.

No case was filed till Friday evening as efforts were going on to resolve the matter, sources in the parties said.