6 arrested over Nayapaltan clash

Six activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were arrested for their alleged involvement in November 14’s clash between BNP men and law enforcers in front of the party’s central office in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan area.

Police identified the arrestees as HK Hossain Ali, JCD president post aspirant of ward No. 11; Shohagh Bhuiyan, general secretary of Shahjanpur  thana; Mohammad Abbas Ali, a member of JCD Central Committee; Md Ashraful Islam Robin, joint general secretary of Dhaka North unit; Jakir Hossain Ujjal, joint secretary of Jagannath University unit and Mahbubul Alam, vice president of Titumir College unit.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit officials arrested the six from Sutrapur area in Dhaka after they were identified from media footage and monitoring social media sites, CTTC chief Monirul Islam said at a press briefing at the DMP media centre today.

WHAT HAPPENED AT NAYAPALTAN?

November 14 was the third day of nomination form collection at Nayapaltan and BNP activists flocked in thousands to cheer their leaders.

The peaceful electoral atmosphere was broken in clashes between police and BNP activists around afternoon. At least 20 BNP men and some policemen were injured.

Two police vehicles were set on fire at the spot and several other vehicles vandalised.

After the clashes subsided, police and BNP traded blames on each other – each side blaming the other for unleashing unrest in the area and deteriorating the situation.

Source: thedailystar