A day after a clash and police action in Nayapaltan, a tense situation is prevailing in the area in Dhaka where traffic movement remained disrupted since Wednesday (December 07, 2022) night. No one is being allowed to enter the area without ID as police set up barricades at the Nightingale intersection in Bijoynagar and Fakirapool crossings. No vehicles were seen in front of the BNP office. A huge number of law enforcers remained deployed in the area with armoured and police vehicles. Also read: 2 killed, over 100 injured, 600 arrested during police action at Nayapaltan: Fakhrul No BNP leaders and activists have been seen at the party office since this morning, after Wednesday’s clash. However, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is supposed to visit the Nayapaltan office after appearing before a Dhaka court in the morning (December 08, 2022), Sayrul Kabir Khan, a BNP media cell member, told UNB.

A case has been filed against 75 leaders and activists of BNP and its associated bodies under the Explosive Substances Act over the crude bomb blast in front of the party’s Nayapaltan office. Md Shamim Hossain, sub-inspector (SI) of Paltan Model police station, filed the case naming 15 BNP men, including Dhaka Metropolitan Jubo Dal (south) convener Golam Mawla Shahin, and 50-60 unnamed ones early Sunday. Read more: Crude bomb blast in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan office According to the case, about 50-60 unidentified people suddenly started chanting various anti-government slogans with the intention of causing panic in public mind and damaging property in front of the party office in Nayapaltan on Saturday when the Paltan police were performing duty there. Later, a crude bomb went off  in the area. Read more: 15 BNP men detained with crude bombs in C’nawabganj, say district police Police detained three people from the spot while others managed to escape, said SI Shamim.

A crude bomb went off in front of the main opposition BNP’s central office in the capital’s Nayapaltan on Saturday evening. The incident occurred around 6:10 pm, Paltan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Salahuddin Mia told UNB.  Read more: AL having nightmares of losing power: Fakhrul Some five to six people have been detained from the spot over the incident for questioning. Additional police force has been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward situation, he said.