‘BNP will not be allowed to hold Dec 10 rally in street’

Staff Reporter :
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruk said BNP must hold the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. Otherwise, the arrangement should be made in an open place. If the rally is allowed in Nayapaltan, there may be a risk of chaos in the capital city.
The DMP Commissioner said this while addressing reporters at the DMP media center in the capital on Wednesday afternoon (December 7).
He said, “We have come to know from intelligence agencies and media sources that BNP will gather one million people on that day. Naya Paltan will hold a maximum of 70 to 80 thousand people. If the remaining 9 lakh people spread out on the different streets of Dhaka city, there will be chaos.”
“The people’s security is our main concern. We do not want to take any risk when public safety is in question, he said,”
“They [BNP] can go to Suhrawardy Udyan, Kalshi ground or Tongi Ijtema field. We won’t take the responsibility for any kind of subversive activities on any open road or at Naya Paltan,” Khandaker Golam Faruk added.
Meanwhile, police dispersed the BNP men gathered in front of the party’s central office in Naya Paltan this afternoon. A man was killed and more than 100 people were injured reportedly during the clash between BNP activists and police.
BNP also claimed that police detained over 200 BNP leaders and activists including BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Publicity Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie and Swechchhasebak Dal General Secretary Abdul Quader Bhuiyan Jewel.