Jamaat clash with police

12 September 2011, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

At least 10 people, including five policemen, were injured as activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami clashed with police in the city's Malibagh yesterday afternoon. Police arrested about 25 Jamaat activists on charge of attacking the law enforcers and injuring them, said Ramna Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam. Witnesses said the clashes erupted when several hundred Jamaat men were parading roads in Malibagh demanding the release of detained Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee. During the clashes, Jamaat men scuffled with the law enforcers and pelted them with masonry while police used batons and teargas. “At least five policemen were injured as the attackers swooped on the law enforcers”, said the Ramna OC. “The law enforcers lobbed four teargas canisters to disperse the attackers”. In a written statement, Jammat's acting secretary general ATM Azharul Islam condemned and protested the arrest of Jammat men. He claimed police baton-charged and arrested his party men when they were holding a peaceful procession.