Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), filed three cases with Paltan police over Wednesday’s (Nov 14) BNP-police clash at Naya Paltan area.
“We have filed three cases with Paltan police over the attack on law enforcers and torching of two police transports in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan office on Wednesday,” said DMP chief Asaduzzaman Mia in a live television programme on Wednesday night (Nov 14).
“We already arrested 34 people in connection with the incidents and also identified 30 suspects who were present during the clash,” he added.
Earlier, issuing a statement on behalf of party acting chief Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said to the activists, “I request you all to move to the footpath peacefully.”
“The leaders were collecting the nomination forms peacefully when the police led an unprovoked attack on them. I strongly condemn this incident,” he lashed out.
Addressing the police he requested them to not do anything that will foil the spirit of peace and democracy.
A group of physicians were seen treating the injured in front of the party office and Rizvi claims that around 20 leaders were injured during the violent altercation.
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