Bangladesh
BNP-Police Clash Police open road in front of BNP office
Dhaka, December 9: The police closed the road after a clash between BNP leaders and activists in Nayapaltan of the capital. Police closed both sides of the road from Nightingale Junction to Fakirapool with barricades from Thursday morning.
In the meantime, the BNP leaders and activists came and protested several times, and the police dispersed them. Later, the law and order forces opened the road in front of the BNP central office around 4:30 pm.
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 and died. Many were injured.
The police said that rice, water, khichuri, cash, and explosives were found in the BNP office.
The police opened the road in front of the BNP office. BNP wants to hold a Dhaka divisional rally in Naya Paltan 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 a 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. On Thursday morning, it was seen on the ground in Jatrabari, Uttara and Gabtali areas of the capital, police checkpoints have been set up at the entrances of Dhaka. If someone is suspected, they are searched. Search is going on even after stopping the car.
