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30 hurt as BCL, JL activists swoop on BNP’s protest meeting in Noakhali
At least 30 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were injured after Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jubo League (JL) activists allegedly attacked their protest meeting in Noakhali’s Chatkhil municipality on Friday noon.
According to BNP’s Joint Secretary General Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, they had arranged the meeting in front of Chatkhil Alia Madrassah at 4:00pm to protest against the recent price hike of fuel and daily essentials.
“As soon as the Jumma prayer was over, some BCL and JL men attacked and vandalized the stage along with the chairs set for the program. They also attacked our activists on their way to the meeting and injured 30 of them. As a result, we couldn’t carry out our pre-scheduled program,” said Khokon.
Khokon alleged that police had turned a blind eye to the incident.
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Shihab Uddin Shahin, joint convener of Noakhali District Awami League (AL), denied the allegations, saying that the violence happened due to a clash between two opposing groups of district BNP.
When asked about Khokon’s allegations, Officer In-charge of Chatkhil Police Station Md Gias Uddin also said that nothing like this happened.
15 hurt in AL-BNP clash in Khulna
At least 15 activists of the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP were injured in a clash between the rival parties in Khulna on Thursday.
Around 7pm on Thursday, the AL's Dighalia union unit was holding a programme near Pother Bazar intersection where the local unit of the BNP had also been holding a rally at the same time.
As BNP members tried to move ahead in a procession through the area, a clash ensued between the activists of the two parties in front of the AL office. The groups attacked each other with brick chips.
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Later police soon took control of the situation, said Pratap Ghosh, sub-inspector of Dighalia police station.
Khan Najrul Islam, president of Dighalia AL unit, claimed that BNP activists attacked his party members, leaving seven of them hurt. "They have been admitted to upazila health complex and Khulna Medical College and Hospital."
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Meanwhile, Amir Ejaz Khan, convener of the district BNP, claimed that eight of his party members were injured as AL activists attacked them while leaving after a rally.
1 stabbed to death during rough-and-tumble fighting in Dhaka's Korail slum
A man was stabbed to death and six others were injured as an altercation broke out between two groups at Korail slum in Dhaka's Banani Wednesday night, police said.
Al-Amin (30), a grocery shop owner, was killed in a "swift, bloody and merciless" knife attack.
"Rivals attacked Al-Amin as he went to a local mosque to pray. He suffered serious wounds after being repeatedly stabbed by them," Bacchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said.
The grocery shop owner was rushed to DMCH where he succumbed to his injuries at 9:4pm.
The body was sent to the hospital morgue for an autopsy, Bacchu said.
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7 hurt in AL factional clash in Magura; over 50 houses vandalised
At least seven people sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League (AL) in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Monday morning.
The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.
On Sunday night, some miscreants burnt down two houses and vandalised more than fifty houses in Khoddarhua village of Srikol Union, said Shukdev Roy, officer-in-charge of Sreepur Police Station.
Locals said Upazila Joint General Secretary Kazi Tariqul Islam and Organizational Secretary of Upazila Awami League Mostasim Billah Sangram had long been at loggerheads in the area. Both the groups blamed each other over the incident.
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As a sequel to the enmity, supporters of Tariqul and Sangram locked into an altercation on Monday morning.
The altercation turned violent when both the groups attacked each other with lethal weapons, leaving 7 people injured, added the OC.
Police have so far arrested 15 people in this connection, the officer said.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said the OC adding that a case was filed with Sreepur police in connection with the violence.
"Additional police forces have been deployed in the area to ward off further trouble," he added.
10 hurt in Chattogram as ‘BCL activists’ attack Student Union’s human chain
Ten people were injured as some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly attacked on the human chain of the Bangladesh Students’ Union on Sir Ashutosh Government College premises in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila.
Yasin Arafat, Joint Convener of Boalkhali Upazila unit of BSU, said that followers of BCL leader Shimul Sarder attacked them while they were demanding end of multipronged crises that the college is facing.
Himel Chowdhury, Convener of the college unit of BSU, said they had formed the human chain protesting some longstanding issues including the quality of education and shortage of academic buildings.
“BCL activists led by the college BCL’s Joint Convener Shimul Sarder, Royal Debnath and Md Kaiyum prevented the college students from joining our program. At one stage, they assaulted us with sticks and steel pipes. Besides beating us, they also took away some of our mobile phone sets,” said Himel.
Denying the allegations, BCL leader Shimul said that no one attacked the BSU activists.
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“They were trying to create anarchy in the name of a human chain. A fist-fight took palce when we tried to disperse them, nothing else,” Shimul said.
Abdur Razzak, Officer In-charge (OC) of Boalkhali Police Station, said although a heated argument ensued between the two groups, nothing like an attack occurred.
“The situation is normal now. Police members have been deployed to thwart any untoward situation,” the OC said.
15 injured as rival groups clash in Magura
At least 15 people have been injured in a clash between two rival groups in Baharbag village of Magura Sadar upazila, police said on Friday.
Twelve of the injured have been identified as former union parishad chairman Liakat Munshi, Salim Sardar, Tuhin, Badsha Mia, Anwar Hossain, Kajol, Imran, Mizan, Harun, Indris, Rauf, and Nayeb.
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According to the police, the clash on Thursday was the fallout of a long-standing rivalry between the two groups -- one led by Saimuddin Chunnu and another by Saddam of Baharbag village.
On Thursday morning, supporters of Chunnu allegedly attacked Aminur, a follower of Saddam. As he news spread, supporters of Saddam attacked Chunnu's men to take revenge, leaving a total of 15 people from both sides wounded.
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The injured were admitted to Magura District Hospital. Two of them were later shifted to Faridpur hospital for better treatment, police said.
"The condition of one of the injured is critical," said Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station. "A case has been filed in this connection."
1 killed, 30 hurt as BNP, police clash in Bhola
A man was killed and 30 people including seven policemen were injured in a clash between BNP activists and police during the party’s protest rally at Kalinath Roy Bazar in Sadar upazila of Bhola district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, an activist of BNP.
As part of BNP’s demonstration programme in districts, the leaders and activists of the party gathered in front of their district party office in the morning.
At one stage, police obstructed them when they tried to stage demonstrations at Kalinath Roy Bazar around 11:30 am, said Additional superintendent of Bhola Police Farhad Sardar.
The leaders and activists pelted brickbats targeting police, prompting them to fired bullets and lobbed teargas shells, triggering a clash that left one people dead, he said.
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Humayun Kabir Shopan, joint secretary of District unit BNP, said, “A BNP activist identified as Abdur Rahim was killed in police firing.”
Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert further trouble. A tense situation has been prevailing in the area following the clash.
BNP on July 26 announced three-day demonstrations across the country to protest against the ongoing load-shedding and mismanagement in the power and energy sector.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme at a press conference at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office.
20 hurt in AL factional clash in Magura
At least 20 people sustained injuries in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy in Polashbari union of Mohammadpur upazila Tuesday.
The identities of the injured could not be known.
Locals said that former chairman of Palashbari union Rabiul Islam and union AL president Golzar Rahman had long been at loggerheads over establishing dominance in the area.
As a sequel to the enmity, supporters of Rabiul and Golzar locked into an altercation on Tuesday morning.
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"The altercation turned violent when both the groups attacked each other with lethal weapons, leaving 20 people injured, said Ikram Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station.
The injured have been admitted to Faridpur Upazila Health Complex and Lohagra Hospital in Narail, the OC said.
Police claimed that several houses were vandalised during the clash.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said the OC adding that a case was filed against the accused in connection with the violence.
One killed over land dispute in Brahmanbaria
A man was killed and 15 others were injured in a clash between two groups over land dispute in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Akter Mia, 40, son of late Khurshed Ali from Guniyauk village of the upazila.
According to the deceased’s family, Akter and his cousin Dulal Mia were at loggerheads over a piece of land for a long time.
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A clash broke out between the supporters of the two around 9:30pm on Sunday, which left 15 people injured including Akter and Dulal.
Eleven of the injured were rushed to Brahmanbaria General Hospital where Akter succumbed to his injureis at about 1:00am.
Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar police station Habibullah Sarker said that the body of the deceased has been kept at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.
Police have been deployed in the area to avert further trouble, said the OC.
Fulgazi upazila administration imposes curfew following AL-BNP clash
The administration of Feni’s Fulgazi upazila has imposed a curfew at Daulatpur village of the upazila on Saturday.
The imposition of the curfew came after a clash between Fulgazi chapters of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday.
According to the order signed by Fulgazi Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ashrafun Nahar, both the AL and the BNP’s Fulgazi units had called for relief distribution programs at the upazila’s Daulatpur village. A clash ensued when both groups tried to conduct their pre-scheduled programs simultaneously.
According to Alal Uddin Alal, Member Secretary of Feni District BNP, prior to Friday’s attack, the AL men launched another attack at their preparatory meeting for the relief program, leaving 30 of their activists injured.
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General Sceretary of Fulgazi Upazila AL Harunur Rashid Majumder claimed that it was the BNP men who had attacked Sadar union Jubo League President Nizam Company and injured five of his men.
Md Moin Uddin, Officer In-charge of Fulgazi police station, said that the curfew has been imposed to contain any untoward situation.
“Police have ramped up its patrolling in the area. We are being cautious to thwart any unexpected situation,” Moin said.