Sr.Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
The Army have been arrested at least 22 activists of Syed Ehsanul Huda, the coordinator of the 12-party alliance and chairman of the Bangladesh National League (BNL) who is the potential candidate for the suspended Kishoreganj-5 (Bajitpur-Nikli) constituency of BNP.
Law enforcement agencies arrested in Nandina area of Bajitpur town on Saturday midnight. At that time, a foreign made pistol, bullets and various domestic weapons were recovered from them.
According to local , and police sources, Ehsanul Huda’s workers and supporters took out an election procession on Saturday evening . At the same time, leaders and activists following Bajitpur Upazila BNP President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Iqbal, who is seeking BNP nomination in this constituency.
held a human chain program. After participating in the human chain, the leaders and activists encountered a procession of Ehsanul Huda’s workers and supporters on their way back. At that time, BNP leaders and activists attacked the procession. Some of Ehsanul Huda’s workers and supporters were injured in this.
In protest, Ehsanul Huda’s workers were practicing with firearms and indigenous weapons on Saturday night, when army members arrested 22 people from Nandina area of Bajitpur . They were later handed over to Bajitpur Police Station.
