[ALOCHONA] AL men attack human chain for road repair

AL men attack human chain for road repair

50 BNP activists, journos hurt

At least 50 BNP activists and journalists were injured yesterday when Jubo League men attacked a human chain formed demanding urgent repairs to the Sakhipur-Taktarchala road in the district.The attack was made around 11:00am when Sakhipur unit of BNP was holding a human chain at the upazila headquarters at Taltala, locals said.

Jubo League men also beat up journalists including Nasir Uddin, Tangail correspondent of private TV channel ATN Bangla; Channel I correspondent Muslim Uddin Ahmed and Anwar Kabir, Sakhipur correspondent of daily Amardesh, when they were taking pictures of the attack.

Some BNP leaders and workers were attacked for the second and third time when they took shelter at the party office and local hospitals, said local BNP leader Ahmed Azam Khan. He also said the ruling party cadres foiled their peaceful human chain without any instigation and police remained inactive at that time.Saiful Islam Shamim, president of the upazila unit Jubo League, however, blamed another faction of BNP for the attack.

The injured BNP workers were admitted to different private hospitals and clinics, party sources said. Mozammel Haque Mamun, officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station, said he talked to leaders of both the parties before the programme and also deployed 30 policemen to prevent any untoward incident.

But the attack was so sudden that police could not take any immediate action. The police, however, rescued the BNP activists and took them to local hospitals, said the OC. Meanwhile, a meeting was held at Tangail Press Club in the afternoon protesting the attack on journalists and demanding immediate steps against the culprits.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=200386

__._,_.___

[Disclaimer: ALOCHONA Management is not liable for information contained in this message. The author takes full responsibility.]
To unsubscribe/subscribe, send request to alochona-owner@egroups.com

Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___