Munshiganj Sadar hartal on amid violence: 3 bullet-hit

A day-long hartal, enforced by the local unit of BNP protesting vote rigging during the second phase  upazila election, is progressing amid violence in Munshigonj Sadar uapzila today leaving 12 people, including three with bullets, injured. Mohammad Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said activists of the upazila unit of Jubo Dal, led by its president Mohammad Hossain Pusti, brought out a procession in support of the shutdown from Hatimara area of the upazila in the morning. When the procession reached Sipahipara area, police obstructed it, triggering a chase and counter-chase. The Jubo Dal activists hurled brickbats towards police forcing the law enforces to retaliate promptly, according to UNB.