A Naogaon court on Wednesday sent nine leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies to jail in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Naogaon District and Sessions Judge Abu Shamim Azad passed the order after rejecting their bail petitions. Read more: BNP, 32 parties stage huge showdowns in Dhaka as collective movement takes shape They are Fazle Huda Babul, joint secretary of Badalgachhi upazila unit BNP, vice-president Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, general secretary Abdul Hadi Chowdhury Tipu, office secretary Shahin Hossain, Omar Faruk, Kola union unit BNP, Bidyit Hossain, general secretary of Balubhara union unit BNP, Anwar Hossain, vice-president of Mithapur union unit BNP, Rustom Ali, vice president of Mathurapur union unit Jubo Dal and Dulal Mohri, president of Badalgachhi upazila unit Krishak Dal. According to the case statement, a number of crude bombs were exploded during a rally of Awami League, organised by upazila unit Awami League on Nevember 22. Read more: Main demand of BNP’s 10 points is fall of govt: Mosharraf Sanaul Hossain, President of upazila unit Krishak League lodged a complaint against 18 identified leaders and activists of BNP and 150 unidentified people with Badalgachhi Police Station. Police arrested eight leaders of BNP from the upazila on that day.

Police on Tuesday filed two cases over Monday’s clash between BNP activists and the law enforcers at Kazir Deuri area of Chattogram City. One of the cases was filed under the Special Powers Act and the other under the Explosive Substances Act at Kotwali Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge Nizam Uddin.  Also Read: 20 injured as BNP, cops clash in Chattogram Police accused 57 BNP leaders and activists, including divisional Organising Secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim and President of Chattogram City unit Dr Shahadat Hossain, in the two cases. Sixty other anonymous suspects were also accused, he said. On Monday, at least 20 people, including policemen, were injured in a clash between BNP activists and law enforcers at Kazir Deuri. The clash broke out around 4pm and lasted for an hour. Also Read: BNP activists clash with police in city BNP activists torched several vehicles near Nasiman Bhaban. Police fired several shots to control the situation. BNP Office Secretary Idris Ali on Monday said BNP activists were preparing for a peaceful rally and accused police of obstructing them and firing at them as they tried to reach BNP office. Fifteen BNP activists were injured in the firing and 50 others were wounded during police action, he claimed. OC Nizam accused BNP activists of attacking police with brick chips when the law enforcers asked them to hold their rally in a safe place instead of the road. Police detained BNP leader Shahadat after the clashes. BNP was holding the rally demanding punishment to policemen involved in shooting incidents in Chattogram and Brahmanbaria during anti-Modi protests that left at least nine people dead, including several Hefazat-e-Islam activists.   

Four more cases were filed with different police stations in connection with torching nine buses in the capital on Thursday