BNP activists clash with police in city

BNP leaders and activists locked into a clash with police at the end of a protest rally of the party in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Saturday.

Several hundred BNP leaders and activists joined the rally that began around 10am in protest against the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council’s (Jamuka’s) move to revoke party founder Ziaur Rahman’s gallantry title of Bir Uttam, reports UNB.

As the rally ended around 12pm with BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain’s speech, police asked the protestors to vacate the road in front of the Press Club immediately for the vehicle movement.

At one stage, the BNP activists locked into altercations and scuffles with police, prompting the law enforcers to go into an action on the protesters.

The BNP activists also threw brickbats towards police forcing them to charge batons and disperse the agitators and thus brought the situation under control.