A local office of Jatiya Party was vandalised allegedly by NCP activists in Rajshahi city protesting attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur on Friday night.

A group of people under the banner of ‘Anti-fascist Jatiya Oikya’ led by Mobasher Ali, chief coordinator of Rajshahi city unit National Citizen Party (NCP) brought out a procession around 12 am on Friday from Shaheb Bazar Zero point in the city  protesting the attack on Nur.

They vandalised the local office of Jatiya Party at Ganakpara of the city and set some valuables of the office on fire, said witnesses.

Meanwhile, a group of Rajshahi University (RU) students under the banner of ‘Rajshahi University Anti-Discrimination Students’ brought put procession from the campus around 11 am and blocked Rajshahi-Dhaka highway, halting vehicular movement.

Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge of Boalia Model Police Station, said police are investigating the attack on the JaPa office and legal action will be taken after getting complaints.

Earlier on Friday, a clash broke out between activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad and Jatiya Party in the capital’s Kakrail area.

As tensions escalated, police and army personnel charged batons, leaving Nur and several others injured.