Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Central General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir on Friday claimed that the armed men accompanying National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary in Jhenaidah were activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir.

He also alleged that Nasiruddin Patwary had gone to Jhenaidah with the intention of creating mob violence.

Nasir made the remarks in a Facebook status posted in the afternoon.

Nasiruddin Patwary attacked in Jhenaidah

“After the mass uprising, Nasiruddin Patwary has become one of the most controversial and criticised figures in Bangladesh politics for instigating mob violence and conflicts,” he wrote.

He alleged that Patwary was targeted with egg throwing by local people in Jhenaidah on Friday and, at one stage, armed individuals accompanying him attempted to open fire on the crowd.

Claiming that the armed men were Shibir activists, Nasir identified them as Siam Uddin Turzo, who was wearing a panjabi, and described him as the son of local Jamaat leader Soltu Master of Badrganj Madrasa and a resident of Master Para, Court Para in Jhenaidah, and Ashik, who was wearing a T-shirt and whom he identified as a Shibir leader from Kashtsagra village.

He urged the local police administration to immediately arrest the two alleged armed individuals.

Meanwhile, an egg-throwing incident targeting NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary in Jhenaidah on Friday afternoon triggered clashes that left at least six people injured, according to police and party sources.

The incident took place around 2pm in front of the Old Collectorate Mosque in Jhenaidah town after Jumu’ah prayers.