Picket-police clashes leave 45 injured, 46 nabbed in dists
Monday, 15 November 2010
At least 45 people, including three cops, were injured in sporadic clashes and 46 people arrested from different districts Sunday morning while picketing during hartal, reports UNB.
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike was enforced to protest against eviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka Cantonment residence.
In Narayanganj, at least seven BNP activists and three police personnel were injured, in a clash when police charged batons on pro-hartal activists at different areas in the district town.
Two Jubo Dal activists were also arrested during picketing.
Police also arrested five pickets in Sylhet, four in Barisal, five in Bogra and six in Narsingdi during hartal hours.
In Manikganj, Sadar Upazila chairman and BNP leader Ataur Rahman Ata was arrested from bus stand area in the morning for trying to bring out a procession in support of the hartal.
In Mymensingh, police arrested at least 10 activists of local BNP from different areas of the town in the morning when they brought out a procession in support of the shutdown.
Sources said the leaders and activists of district BNP and its front organisations brought out a procession from the party office premises at about 7am.
When the procession reached Ganginarpar traffic island, police obstructed them, resulting in chase and counter chase between protesters and law enforcers.
In Sherpur, police arrested 12 BNP leaders and activists, including district vice president Saiful Islam Swapan and municipality unit president Fazlur Rahman Tara, from the district party office premises on charge of picketing in support of the strike.
In Chapainawabganj, about 25 people, including cop and journalists, were injured in a clash between BNP and Awami League (AL) activists during hartal hours in Bholahat Upazila.
Police said the BNP activists were preparing to bring out a procession at Bholahat Medical Crossing at about 10:30am.
The clash took place when an anti-hartal procession brought out by AL activists was passing by the area at that time.
A motorcycle was torched and three other motorcycles were damaged during the clash.
Our Correspondent from Khulna adds: The dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed in city and Bagerhat and Satkhira peacefully.
A good number of rickshaws and motorised vehicles were seen plying on the city streets defying the hartal.
The commercial banks and other financial institutions carried out their transactions using back doors.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed. Government, semi-government and autonomous bodies were open but attendance was poor.
Railway and river communications to and from Khulna were normal while road communications from Khulna to different destinations were snapped.
Mills, factories and other industrial units in Khalishpur and Daulatpur operated normally.
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike was enforced to protest against eviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from her Dhaka Cantonment residence.
In Narayanganj, at least seven BNP activists and three police personnel were injured, in a clash when police charged batons on pro-hartal activists at different areas in the district town.
Two Jubo Dal activists were also arrested during picketing.
Police also arrested five pickets in Sylhet, four in Barisal, five in Bogra and six in Narsingdi during hartal hours.
In Manikganj, Sadar Upazila chairman and BNP leader Ataur Rahman Ata was arrested from bus stand area in the morning for trying to bring out a procession in support of the hartal.
In Mymensingh, police arrested at least 10 activists of local BNP from different areas of the town in the morning when they brought out a procession in support of the shutdown.
Sources said the leaders and activists of district BNP and its front organisations brought out a procession from the party office premises at about 7am.
When the procession reached Ganginarpar traffic island, police obstructed them, resulting in chase and counter chase between protesters and law enforcers.
In Sherpur, police arrested 12 BNP leaders and activists, including district vice president Saiful Islam Swapan and municipality unit president Fazlur Rahman Tara, from the district party office premises on charge of picketing in support of the strike.
In Chapainawabganj, about 25 people, including cop and journalists, were injured in a clash between BNP and Awami League (AL) activists during hartal hours in Bholahat Upazila.
Police said the BNP activists were preparing to bring out a procession at Bholahat Medical Crossing at about 10:30am.
The clash took place when an anti-hartal procession brought out by AL activists was passing by the area at that time.
A motorcycle was torched and three other motorcycles were damaged during the clash.
Our Correspondent from Khulna adds: The dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed in city and Bagerhat and Satkhira peacefully.
A good number of rickshaws and motorised vehicles were seen plying on the city streets defying the hartal.
The commercial banks and other financial institutions carried out their transactions using back doors.
Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed. Government, semi-government and autonomous bodies were open but attendance was poor.
Railway and river communications to and from Khulna were normal while road communications from Khulna to different destinations were snapped.
Mills, factories and other industrial units in Khalishpur and Daulatpur operated normally.