Backlash of Dhaka city killing in different dists

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Backlash of police action and killing of an activist in bomb blast in Dhaka City on Sunday witnessed in different parts of the country including Sylhet, Chittagong, Faridpur, Bogra, Narayanganj where more than 55 people were injured in clash with police and scores of vehicles damaged, reports UNB. In Fairdpur: The district unit Jubo Dal and JCD activists vandalized four vehicles in the town protesting police action on BNP men in Dhaka. They brought out a protest procession led by local unit Juba Dal president Afjal Hossain Khan Polash from Janata Bank crossing in the town at 10-30 am. When the procession was passing Mujib Road the agitated workers damaged a truck, two auto-rickshaws and a private car. Police chased the protestors and dispersed them. Police detained Sajib Kumar Mondol, a Jubo Dal activist, from a bus stand area in the town at noon, Kotwali thana Officer-in-Charge Nure Alam Siddique said. In Narayanganj: At least five people were injured in a clash between cops and Swechchhasebak Dal activists when police obstructed a Dhaka bound motorcade of the party near Kanchpur Bridge in the morning. Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remained suspended for 15 minutes when the clash ensued at 10-45 am. Witnesses said when police stopped the motorcade the Swechchhasebak Dal activists got furious and locked into altercation with the police. At one stage, when the activists tried to put up barricade on the road police charged baton on them and in retaliation they threw brickbats towards the law enforcers. A chase and counter-chase also took place and five workers were injured during the clash. Among the injured-Nasir Ahmed and Sultan-were admitted to a local clinic. In Sylhet: Over 100 vehicles, including buses, trucks and cars were vandalized in different areas in the north-eastern city in the morning. At least 30 people were injured during the attacks on passing vehicles at 10 points in the city. Unruly demonstrators swooped on passing vehicles smashing their windshields, window panes with sticks and stone chips. According to witness accounts, protesters attacked and damaged vehicles in Subhanighat, Kumarpara, Pathantula, Subid Bazar, Upashahar, Shibganj, Tilagarh, Dakkhin Surma and Chandilpur areas from 11 am to 2 pm. In Chittagong: A protest procession was brought out by BNP from Nasimon Bhaban in New Market area in the afternoon. The slogan-chanting procession paraded different city streets when strong contingent of riot geared police followed them. However, no untoward incident was reported. In Bogra: BNP activists brought out a procession in town at 12 noon protesting the police action and death of an activist in bomb blast in Dhaka. Police chased and clubbed the processionists at the first bypass road square. About 20 activists and pedestrians were injured in police action, witnesses said. Protesting the police action, angry workers closed the old rail gate with lock and key in the afternoon. A large number of vehicles on both sides of the rail gate remained stranded for an hour before police came and reopened the gate. Besides, the activists blocked the Bogra-Dhaka highway that lasted about an hour. Another road blockade was raised at Nandigram at about 1 pm. Police came and cleared the blockade after thirty minutes. Sahara Home Minister Sahara Khatun on Sunday blamed BNP-Jama'at men for Sunday's violence in the city's Motijheel area and termed it preplanned. She alleged that cadres of BNP-Jama'at led the incidents and questioned opposition leader Khaleda Zia why they did it. "You (Khaleda) should not have given such directives to your leaders and activists. What type of mentality is this? You've a responsibility as the opposition leader," she said while talking to reporters at her Secretariat office. Her comments came after a series of cocktail blasts at different points in the capital in the morning, leaving a man killed and another injured as police prevented Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal activists from attending a reception scheduled to be held at the Engineers' Institution. The Home Minister alleged that the opposition was trying to create an anarchic situation to impede the trial of war criminals. Hanif bdnews24.com reports the ruling AL has blamed the opposition party for executing 'pre-planned' bomb explosions and arson attacks in Dhaka and Sylhet. "The BNP-Jama'at alliance has executed a well-planned attack to destabilise the country," party joint general secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif told a press briefing on Sunday at party chief's political office at Dhanmondi. "The attacks were made just to foil the trial of war criminals and to protect the sons of Khaleda Zia," he said. Fakhrul UNB adds: Opposition BNP on Sunday alleged that the police provoked by the PM's recent statement attacked its activists in the morning to foil Khaleda Zia's reception to FFs. The party claimed that Arifuzzaman killed in the city's Motijheel area in the morning was its activist. Addressing a hurriedly called press conference at National Press Club at 1:10 pm, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said police and RAB members made the 'severe' attack on peaceful gatherings of BNP to foil its reception to freedom fighters on the premises of Engineers' Institution. He alleged that Arifuzzman was killed by bullets triggered by police in Motijheel area.