BNP office, shops ransacked

30 August 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Barisal

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League yesterday ransacked BNP office and some shops belonging to BNP men at Lalmohon uazila headquarters under Bhola district. The incident occurred at noon when the activists of the ruling Awami League's associate organisations took out a procession in the upazila town protesting damage to the party posters with photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina allegedly by BNP men. Local sources said the BCL and Jubo League activists ransacked furniture at local BNP office and desecrated the portraits of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia. They also locked six shops owned by BNP men at the upazila headquarters for 'tearing' AL posters. Later Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Upazila Chairman Principal Nazrul Islam opened the locked shops. At a press conference in the afternoon, local BNP claimed that AL cadres ransacked BNP office, desecrated the portraits of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia, and locked the shops of their activists. Local AL Lawmaker Major (retd) Jasimuddin said he was not present in the town during the incident. Upazila AL leaders pacified the tensed situation created for dishonouring father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he added. “We asked the law enforcers to take action if any office or shop or transport was damaged by anyone,” the MP said.