Over 200 BNP men held ahead of Dhaka rally

Staff Reporter :
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday alleged that more than 200 leaders and activists have been detained in the capital centering the Nayapaltan rally.

The party sources said leaders and activists from different districts arrived in the capital on Wednesday to take part in Thursday’s rally.

They alleged that they were picked up from various entry points of the capital including Kakrail, Fakirapool and Malibagh areas. Police, however, made no comment on the detention as yet.

A senior official of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Motijheel division on condition of anonymity told the media that police conducted raid in Nayapaltan and adjacent areas from Tuesday evening and detained many people, but they are yet to ascertain the number of detainees.

In this regard, BNP alleged police detained hundreds of leaders and activists of the party, who were on way to Dhaka to join a party rally, on various entry points to the capital or from various places in the capital.