A complaint was filed with a Dhaka court today against the chief of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Harun Or Rashid, and nine others over “vandalising” BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on December 7, 2022. Nazim Uddin, a member of BNP’s executive committee, lodged the complaint with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury (CMM). The court also recorded the statement of the plaintiff, said Nazim’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukdar. Read more: 1 killed in police-BNP clash at Nayapaltan; Over 150 leaders, activists held However, the court has not given any order yet over accepting the case, said Arman Hossain, bench assistant of that court. On December 7 last year, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between BNP activists and police in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, ahead of its December 10 rally. Police arrested 470 BNP activists and leaders in connection with the clash and they were sued in two cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations.

Rajshahi Divisional Committee of CNG Filling Station Owners’ Association called for a dawn to dusk strike for Thursday in Bogura demanding for arrest of accused who vandalised a CNG filling station in the district for not getting gas on Sunday. The decision to enforce the strike came from an emergency meeting of the organisation on Monday night. The meeting was chaired by the organisation’s president Shamsul Hoque. Mizanur Rahman Ratan, general secretary of the organisation, said they will enforce the daylong strike from 6am to 6pm in the district if the accused are not arrested soon. Read: Attack on interns: Osmani Medical College students suspend strike Mentionable, a group of youths numbering 5 to 6 thrashed a security guard of M/S Bogura Filling Station for not giving gas to their auto-rickshaw around 10pm on Sundnay as the filling station remained closed as per government order from 6pm to 11pm. The youths allegedly also looted Tk 70,000 from the organisation and vandalized it. A case related to the incident was filed with the concerned police station later.