At least 30 people, including a police station officer-in-charge (OC), were injured in a
clash between police and local activists of the main opposition BNP in the district town
on Sunday night.
Among the injured were Sadar thana OC Firoj Khan, joint secretary of Thakurgaon
district unit BNP Obayedullah Masud and an activist of Jubo Dal named Alimuzzaman
Shanto.
Police sources said the clash erupted in the Kalibari area around 8:30pm as local activists
of BNP brought out a procession protesting baring BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from
joining the 18-party’s ‘March for Democracy’ programme in the capital’s Nayapaltan.
During the clash, police lobbed teargas canisters, fired rubber bullets and charged baton
to disperse the unruly opposition activists who also retaliated by hurling crude bombs and
brickbats, leaving 30 people injured.
At one stage, the rampaging BNP activists set fire on the roads at several places. -UNB
