Cops, journos among 10 injured in Sunamganj clash during hartal
Monday, 20 November 2023
SUNAMGANJ, Nov 19 (UNB): At least 10 people including policemen and journalists were injured in a clash between BNP activists and law enforcers during picketing amid the 48-hour hartal being observed by the party and like-minded opposition parties.
Locals said that BNP activists brought out a procession in favour of the hartal in Puratan Bus Stand area around 11 am and vandalised some vehicles, causing panic on the streets.
A clash broke out when police barred the BNP men from marching forward, they said.
At one stage of the altercation, the picketers hurled brickbats targeting the law enforcers who retaliated with tear gas shells, they said.