Bangladesh
BNP-Police Clash 47 policemen injured in clashes in Naya Paltan: DMP
Dhaka, December 9: At least 47 policemen were injured in the clash with BNP leader-activists in Dhaka's Naya Paltan.
Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Imran Hossain Mollah of the Media and Public Relations Department of DMP gave this information on Thursday (December 8). It is reported that many of the injured policemen are undergoing treatment at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital.
BNP leaders and activists clashed with the police in front of the BNP central office in Naya Paltan on Wednesday afternoon. One person was shot dead. Many were injured. The police said that rice, water, hotchpotch, cash, and explosive material were found in the BNP office.
BNP wants to hold a Dhaka divisional rally in Nayapaltan on December 10. However, the group was given permission by the Metropolitan Police to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan. Later, BNP was asked to hold hotchpotcha rally at Tongi Ijtema Ground or Purbachal as an alternative. But the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that BNP will consider if it gets an alternative venue for the rally inside Dhaka other than Suhrawardy Udyan.
Meanwhile, the police have taken a cautious position at almost all the entrances and important places of the capital centering on the mass gathering of BNP. Police checkpoints have been set up at the entrances of the capital on Thursday morning. If someone is suspected, they are searched. Search is going on even after stopping the car.
