Kalaroa tense as locals to resist Saydee's meet

14 March 2009, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Several hundred people including freedom fighters brought out a procession and held a rally yesterday evening at Kalaroa protesting a bid to hold 'political meeting in the name of mahfil' by Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Saydee at the local high school ground this afternoon. Vowing to resist the meeting they also damaged the gate erected at the entrance of the meeting venue. They then called a meeting at the same venue this afternoon and submitted a memorandum to Kalaroa Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Officer-in-Charge (OC) of local police station urging them to stop the meeting. Over 2,000 people joined the procession that paraded the main thoroughfares of the town and held a rally on Kalaroa upazila complex premises. It was addressed by Kalaroa upazila Awami League (AL) president Mojnu Chowdhury, upazila Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) general secretary Anowar Hossain, upazila Workers' Party secretary Abdur Rouf, upazila vice-chairman Aminul Islam Laltu and upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad commander Habibur Rahman. The speakers at the rally said that anti-liberation forces carried out all the subversive activities in the country including the recent Pilkhana massacre. They demanded trial of the war criminals. They also called upon the pro-liberation forces to unite and resist the war criminals. Freedom fighter Habibur Rahman said the meeting will be resisted 'at any cost'. Contacted, a local Jamaat leader said their party is determined to hold the meeting at the venue on scheduled time as they got the 'official permission'. Kalaroa Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Nur Islam said police will be deployed to maintain law and order in the area.