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As part of the ongoing movement to demand the resignation of the government, BNP leaders and activists clashed with the police during the Padayatra program in the capital Dhaka. At this time, a BRTC bus was vandalized and set on fire. The police arrested several leaders and activists including Sheikh Rabiul Alam Rabi, a member of the party’s central committee, from the spot. BNP claims that 25 of its leaders and activists have been arrested. Hundreds were injured in the attack. According to the police, eight or nine policemen were injured in the attack by BNP activists. Police and BNP leaders are blaming each other for this incident.

The clash took place in Dhanmondi City College area of the capital on Tuesday. This program was for the implementation of the 10-point demand of the Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP against the contempt of the subordinate courts and the government, arbitrary arrests in absentee cases, rising commodity prices, electricity load-shedding, totalitarian corruption of the government and implementation of the 10-point demand.

Eyewitnesses said that the march started from Bangladesh Medical College Hospital in Dhanmondi area on the initiative of Dhaka Metropolitan South at 3 pm. It was supposed to end at Satmasjid Road, Rifle Square, Dhaka City College, Science Lab, Bata Signal and Kantaban Junction. But the march was barricaded by the police after it came in front of City College. At that time Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a member of the BNP Standing Committee, announced the end of the program. Later Dhaka Metropolitan South convener Abdus Salam and BNP central executive committee member Sheikh Rabiul Alam started trying to remove the Rabi activists. But the activists could not come out as the police stopped them.

When the activists wanted to break the barricade from the middle of the procession, they were stopped by the police. Enraged by this, they broke the bamboo attached to the banner and started hitting the police. The police tried to remove them. Later the conflict started. At that time, the police dispersed the activists by firing several rounds of tear gas shells and arrested Sheikh Rabiul Islam Robi, former member secretary of Dhanmondi Police Station, Saikat from the scene. After a while the activists gathered again and first vandalized and later set fire to a passenger BRTC bus parked in front of the Fakhruddin Convention Centre. A seat in the car caught fire soon after it was extinguished by the policemen present and the occupants of the car. Apart from this, the angry people vandalized the police bus at LabAid Hospital intersection.

At that time panic spread in that area. People started running. Before this incident, the law and order forces stopped the movement of vehicles in the area. Police and BNP leaders are blaming each other for this incident. BNP alleged that the clash started when the police stopped their peaceful march with batons. And the police say that the police were attacked from the BNP procession.

DC of Ramana zone. Ashraf Hossain said that a group of BNP activists attacked the police and disrupted traffic. As a result, they have to go into action. Eight or nine policemen were injured in their attack.

Ikram Ali Mia, OC of Dhanmondi police station, said that 10 people have been arrested so far in the incident of BNP leaders and activists chasing each other with the police in the science lab area. The police are conducting raids in the surrounding area to catch others involved in the incident. In their name, obstruction of police work, burning of vehicles and preparation of cases under the Special Powers Act are underway. OC said that in that incident, the police fired several rounds of tear gas shells and shotguns to remove the BNP leaders and workers from the road.

Abdus Salam, convenor of the Metropolitan South BNP, told the media that their march was peaceful. After completing the march to LabAid, ask the activists to go to their respective destinations. They also came. This incident happened soon after. The police attacked the activists without giving them a chance to return home safely. Many activists were arrested, many were injured. It is completely planned to put the blame on BNP.

Metropolis North Walk

Mahanagara North BNP marched from Gabtali Bagbari to Technical and Kalyanpur to 300 feet road in front of Pangu Hospital. BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said in the program presided over by the convener of the organization Aman Ullah Aman and member secretary Aminul Haque, there is no way for the country’s workers, laborers and middle class to earn halal income anymore. Every day the price of every thing is increasing but the salary and income are not increasing. Now they can’t walk anymore, they are suffering. But talking about that pain is prevented. In order to overcome this situation, everyone should unite and protest, and build a street movement. If this government cannot be removed, the country will not exist, there will be no freedom.