Pro-AL and BNP lawyers’ clash at SC, several injured

News Desk :
Lawyers supporting Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) locked into clash at Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in the capital on Tuesday.
The incident took place at about 1.30 pm at SCBA building.

Witnesses said pro-BNP lawyers brought out a procession in the afternoon on Supreme Court premises protesting the anomalies held in Supreme Court Bar Association election. Pro-AL lawyers also took position in the same place at the same time, which triggered a clash between the supporters of two parties.
Lawyers of the both parties claimed that several lawyers were injured during the clash.

According to witnesses, rooms of SCBA president and secretary and windows of the building were vandalised during the clash.
About the clash, SCBA secretary Advocate Abdun Nur Dulal said, “Several pro-AL lawyers were injured as pro-BNP lawyers attacked them. Legal action will be taken in this regard.”

He further said, “Pro-BNP lawyers, led by former SCBA secretary Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kajol and Barrister Kaiser Kamal, carried out the attack. They provoked the attack.”

However, former secretary of SCBA Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kajol said they brought out pre-scheduled procession today protesting anomalies held in the last SCBA election. “It was a peaceful procession. However, it is pro-AL lawyers who always attack our peaceful programmes.”
A tense situation was prevailing on the Supreme Court premises over the incident.