Meet to Celebrate Mar 17, 26

BCL men chase UNO for not inviting AL leaders

14 March 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Charghat upazila unit yesterday forced the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) to postpone the preparatory meeting for celebrating Bangabandhu's birth anniversary and Independence Day. According to officer-in-Charge of Charghat Police Station Hamidur Rahman, the BCL men chased the UNO Moinul Haque Ansari and vandalised the upazila parishad auditorium. A ward Awami League leader, who was present at the meeting, was also injured during the incident, the OC said. The incident occurred at around 12:30pm when an upazila committee headed by the UNO was holding a meeting at the auditorium to chalk out programmes to celebrate Bangabandhu's birth anniversary on March 17 and Independence Day on March 26. Ten 10 BCL men, led by upazila BCL President Ekramul Haq and General Secretary Dulal Sarker, entered the auditorium and urged the UNO to postpone the meeting as they said senior AL leaders were not invited to the meeting. When the UNO refused to do so, the BCL men started vandalising windowpanes and doors of the auditorium. They chased the UNO several yards before police rescued him and took him to his office. When contacted, UNO Moinul Haque Ansari refused to comment on the issue. He, however, said he informed the higher authorities of the matter.