24 BNP activists hurt in BCL attack
At least 24 activists of opposition BNP and its front organisations were injured in an attack launched by ruling Awami League backed Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at Gournadi upazila town in Barisal district yesterday afternoon.
Abul Hossain Mia, the upazila BNP secretary, said BNP-led 18-party alliance organised a rally at upazila BNP office near Gournadi bus stand around 5:00pm.
When their procession from the party office reached highway, police barred them. Later they were retuning to their office for holding a protest rally there, he said.
Suddenly about 40 cadres of BCL attacked them with lethal weapons, ransacked at least seven motorcycles of our leaders and activists and more than 150 chairs and other furniture of the office around 5:30pm, Abul alleged.
The injured, including engineer Abdus Sobhan, Shah Alam Fakir, Lokman Hossain, Shafikur Rahman, Swapan Sharif and Panna Khan, were given treatment at local clinics, BNP sources said.
Syed Mahbub Hossain, the upazila BCL president, said hearing the news about preparation of BNP activists for bringing out armed procession to deteriorate law and order, BCL activists prevented them.
Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Gournadi Police Station, said police prevented the BNP activists from holding their programme without the prior permission of the authorities concerned. To maintain law and order police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
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