BNP disperses AL procession in Kalkini
BNP and Swechchhasebak Dal leaders and activists chased and dispersed a procession led by banned Awami League and Chhatra League activists and supporters at the Bhurgata bus stand, the main center of Kalkini municipality in Madaripur on Thursday night marking the return of the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Later, Awami League and Chhatra League activists were forced to flee the scene. At this time, more than fifty logs and benches were recovered from the marchers.
Upon receiving this news, the police station went to the scene and conducted a drive. The incident took place on Thursday night.
Police and multiple sources have informed that a quick procession was taken out under the leadership of Md. Shahjalal Hawlader, the publicity secretary of the banned Awami League’s Kalkini Upazila branch. They started a protest by burning tyres.
Later, BNP leaders and activists led by Kalkini Municipality BNP Vice President Jabbar Hawlader and Upazila Volunteer Dal leader Nazmul Hossain chased the procession and dispersed it.
The banned Chhatra League activists fled the scene after being chased by the BNP leaders.
At the same time, the Volunteer Dal and Chhatra Dal leaders and activists recovered several posters with the slogan “Joy Bangla” written on them from the scene.
Later, BNP, Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Chhatra Dal took out a protest procession on the Dhaka-Barisal highway to protest the sabotage and anarchy of the banned Chhatra League leaders and demand their arrest.
Present at the event were Municipality BNP Vice President Jabbar Howlader, Upazila BNP former Organising Secretary Mosharraf Hossain, Upazila Jubo Dal leader Shamim Mollah, Upazila Chhatra Dal member secretary Saiful Islam Munshi, Municipality Chhatra Dal convener Hasan Howlader.
In this regard, Kalkini Police Station OC Zahirul Alam said that the absconding Chhatra League workers suddenly came under artillery fire while trying to hold a two-minute procession and fled.
They were trying to sabotage during this time. Our operation to catch the saboteurs is ongoing.