Atleast 4 folks have been killed throughout a conflict between the employees of Awami League and the police and the military, in Gopalgonj district in Dhaka division of Bangladesh on Wednesday, native media reported quoting hospital sources.
In Bangladesh, the newly fashioned Nationwide Citizen Celebration (NCP), led by the youth who led the mass rebellion final yr, has confronted robust opposition in Gopalganj, the hometown of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Atleast 4 folks have been killed through the clashes in Gopalgonj, native media reported quoting hospital sources.
When the central leaders of the NCP went to carry a rally within the southern Gopalgonj district, they have been attacked by Awami League leaders and employees. The was a large conflict between the Awami League and the police and the military. The police and armed forces fired bullets and tear fuel to regulate the state of affairs.
A curfew has been imposed in Gopalgonj from 8 pm tonight till 6pm the subsequent day.
The clashes, which began at midday Bangladesh time, continued until 6 pm on the time of scripting this report. Awami League leaders and employees vandalized the rally venue and set fireplace to the stage and viewers chairs. Gopalgonj virtually turned a battled within the clashes.
Native TV channels are broadcasting dwell movies of the clashes, exhibiting tear fuel plumes on the scene. The sound of Gunfire and cockatiels could be heard. NCP leaders have been trapped. They’re now in police line in protected custody.
NCP leaders had earlier introduced that they might win Gopalgonj. However removed from successful, they’ve gone underneath police security.
Rumours unfold the evening earlier than that the NCP would demolish the mausoleum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of Bangladesh’s independence, in Gopalgonj.
The interim authorities condemns the violence.
“The usage of violence in the present day in Gopalganj is totally indefensible. Stopping younger residents from peacefully holding a rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of their revolutionary motion is a shameful violation of their basic rights”, interim authorities stated in a press release.
“Members of the Nationwide Citizen Celebration (NCP), police and media have been subjected to brutal assaults, with their vehicles vandalised and people violently assaulted”, it added.
“This heinous act–allegedly carried out by members of the banned Awami League’s Chhatra League and AL activists –will not go unpunished. The perpetrators should be swiftly recognized and held totally accountable. There isn’t a place for such violence towards any citizen of Bangladesh”, the assertion stated.
“We commend the Military and police for his or her immediate intervention, and we applaud the resilience and braveness of the scholars and individuals who carried on with their rally regardless of these malicious threats”, the assertion stated.
“These liable for this brutality will face justice. Let or not it’s made completely clear: violence has no place in our nation. Justice should and can prevail”, the assertion stated.
Atleast three folks have been killed through the clashes in Gopalgonj, native media reported quoting hospital sources.