Police action prompts Swechhasebak Dal hartal in Sylhet

Swechhasebak Dal has announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Saturday, protesting police attack on its activists and leaders.
Police fired gunshots and charged batons on a procession of Swechhasebak Dal in Sylhet city on Thursday evening, leaving a number of activists and leaders injured.Later, Swechhasebak Dal issued a statement announcing the hartal for Saturday in protest of the police attack.
The statement was signed by the Dal’s central unit vice president Advocate Samsuzzaman, Sylhet city unit convener Farhad Chowdhury Shamim and district unit senior joint convener Nazim Uddin Laskar.
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s city and district units have also extended their support to the hartal. – UNB