Police foils rally of Chhatra Shibir, arrest six
Friday, 28 May 2010
BARISAL, May 27(UNB): Police foiled a rally and human chain programme of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, and arrested six of its leaders and activists in the city Thursday morning.
Sources said ICS arranged a rally and human chain programme protesting drug addiction and eve teasing at about 10:10am on the Aswini Kumar Hall premises of the city.
At one stage, police foiled their programme and asked the ICS activists to leave the place.
Police arrested city unit president of ICS Md Saiful Islam and secretary Kazi Saiful Islam, presidents of Barisal district east and west unit Md Nasiruddin and Azam Khan, president of Sadar Upazila unit Ruhul Amin, and an activist Mizanur Rahman.
ABM Anwar Hossain, assistant commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) said they foiled their programme as it was organised without prior permission from the authority concerned.
The arrested ICS activists would be sent to court under section 54, he said.
City and district Jamaat and Shibir leaders, in separate statements, condemned the police action during, what they said, a peaceful democratic programme.
Sources said ICS arranged a rally and human chain programme protesting drug addiction and eve teasing at about 10:10am on the Aswini Kumar Hall premises of the city.
At one stage, police foiled their programme and asked the ICS activists to leave the place.
Police arrested city unit president of ICS Md Saiful Islam and secretary Kazi Saiful Islam, presidents of Barisal district east and west unit Md Nasiruddin and Azam Khan, president of Sadar Upazila unit Ruhul Amin, and an activist Mizanur Rahman.
ABM Anwar Hossain, assistant commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) said they foiled their programme as it was organised without prior permission from the authority concerned.
The arrested ICS activists would be sent to court under section 54, he said.
City and district Jamaat and Shibir leaders, in separate statements, condemned the police action during, what they said, a peaceful democratic programme.