Those responsible for New Market violence to face action: Minister

Those responsible for violent clashes in the New Market area will face action, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday, reports UNB.
"Members of law enforcement agencies are working showing their utmost patience during the clashes between the traders and the students. Hopefully, the situation will be cooled down in a while," he said.
The minister made the remarks while responding to a question from reporters after a meeting at the ministry on the overall law and order situation in the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, payment of salaries and allowances of garment workers before Eid and keeping roads and highways safe and jam-free.
He said the clash broke from an argument over a trivial matter which was unexpected.
Many people including journalists were injured and many students and traders were sent to the hospital for first aid, he said.
"Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner and Inspector General of Police have taken immediate steps," he added.
Meanwhile, asked why no action was soon after the clash broke out early Tuesday, DMP Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam said, "We have to take some precautions while dealing with students. It's not a common gathering or a mass gathering that we can open fire to disperse them. The students were throwing brickbats from the roof of a 10-storey building."
Police were trying to convince the traders and shop employees to return to their workplaces, he added.
"Workers or shop employees from all the surrounding markets have taken to the streets, making our effort sto bring the situation under control tougher."
"We are sending police forces wherever we receive news of clashes," DMP Commissioner added.