423 BNP men sued for attacking police in N’ganj
News Desk :
A case has been lodged against 423 BNP leaders and activists for their attack on police during a sit-in program in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj on Saturday.
So far, seven BNP men have been arrested in connection with the case.
On Sunday, Siddhirganj police station Sub-Inspector Mominul Haque filed the case against 23 named BNP leaders and activists, and 400 unidentified individuals.
Siddhirganj police station Inspector (Investigation) Mozammel Haque said: “Seven people have been arrested in connection with the attack on police.”
Siddhirganj police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Golam Mostafa said: “They are accused in the police assault and sabotage case, and the operation is ongoing to arrest the rest.”
On Saturday afternoon, the police stopped the BNP’s program on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, resulting in a scuffle between BNP leaders, activists, and the police. Eventually, the police used batons, leading to a clash.
BNP claimed at least 50 leaders and activists were injured.
During the clash, BNP leaders and activists threw bricks at the police, resulting in injuries to five policemen, including OC Golam Mostafa. Police detained five BNP leaders and activists on the spot.
Earlier, at least 18 people were injured after loyalists of the BNP clashed with the police in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj Upazila on Saturday (29 July).
Law enforcers subsequently arrested five local leaders of the BNP, including the convenor of the party’s Narayanganj Metropolitan unit.
The incident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Siddhirganj around 12 pm on Saturday, according to witnesses.
Narayanganj’s Superintendent of Police Golam Mostafa Russell claimed that three law enforcers were also injured in the violence.
Police fired rubber bullets and tear-gas shells to control the situation.
Meanwhile, Shahed Ahmed, the joint convener of the Jubo Dal’s metropolitan unit, said that he was among 15 BNP leaders who were hit by the pellets.
Party loyalists had peacefully assembled on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway when the police charged at them with batons, according to Shahed.
Faizul Islam, former assistant organising secretary of Metropolitan Chhatra Dal, and Shahidul Islam Titu, president of the BNP’s Fatullah unit, were also injured in the skirmish.
