Not less than 4 folks had been killed and dozens injured in violent clashes between legislation enforcement personnel and Awami League (AL) supporters in Gopalganj on Wednesday, following tensions over a rally by the Nationwide Citizen Occasion (NCP), The Day by day Star reported.
The violence broke out within the wake of a pre-scheduled NCP rally at Poura Park in Gopalganj city, which was opposed by AL supporters regardless of a current authorities ban on all political actions of the Awami League.
Based on The Day by day Star, tons of of AL activists blocked the Gopalganj-Tekerhat street within the Ulpur space early on Wednesday by felling timber. Protesters additionally set fireplace to a authorities car and vandalised one other earlier than storming the NCP rally venue.
Clashes intensified after NCP leaders left the rally and had been reportedly attacked by AL supporters close to Chowrangi. Not less than 4 folks had been killed and several other others sustained accidents as confrontations unfold throughout totally different components of the district, the Day by day Star in its report added.
In response, the federal government imposed a curfew from 8:00 pm on Wednesday to six:00 pm on Thursday to convey the scenario beneath management. Authorities additionally postponed the continued HSC, Alim, and HSC (Vocational) exams in Gopalganj, with notices issued by respective schooling boards round 10:30 pm.
Eyewitnesses claimed that police opened fireplace on demonstrators in some areas. A grocer in Chowrangi stated he noticed two folks collapse as safety forces fired pictures to disperse the gang. One of many victims, Dipto, was reportedly on his option to his store when he was shot within the stomach, The Day by day Star reported.
Talking at a press convention in Khulna, NCP Convener Nahid Islam stated, “After concluding our rally in Gopalganj, we had been heading in direction of Madaripur when armed goons of the Awami League attacked our motorcade.” Regardless of the assault, the celebration plans to go forward with its rally in Faridpur right now, The Day by day Star quoted him as saying.
Earlier than the rally started, 200-300 armed people stormed the venue, tore down banners, and exploded crude bombs, forcing cops to retreat briefly. NCP leaders, together with Nahid Islam and Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain, later arrived and helped push again the attackers with police assist.
The Chief Adviser’s Press Wing strongly condemned the assault on NCP members, describing it as “totally indefensible” and assuring that these accountable could be punished. Different political events, together with the Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, additionally condemned the violence, based on The Day by day Star.