Cops foil BNP rally
Police yesterday foiled a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that was scheduled in front of Krishi Market in the city's Mohammadpur area.
The rally was called to protest the split of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). As BNP men gathered for the rally in the area, police intercepted them, party leaders said.
Later, the BNP men again gathered in Adabar area, but police charged batons on them and foiled the rally, they added.
Moazzam Hossain Alal, former BNP candidate in the Mohammadpur-Adabar constituency, told The Daily Star that police and the ruling party men had foiled their rally.
He said the party had earlier taken permission from police to hold the rally in front of Krishi Market, but police denied this yesterday.
Contacted, Biplab Sarkar, assistant commissioner of police of Mohammdpur zone, denied charging batons on the BNP men and foiling their rally.
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