Two cases have been filed against 600 leaders and activists of BNP in connection with Saturday’s clash between BNP and police at Shayestanagar in Habiganj town.
Khorshed Alam and Wazed Gazi, sub-inspectors of Sadar police station, filed the two cases against 600 BNP men, including 90 identified people, for assaulting police and under Explosive Substance Act, said Mohammad Badiuzzaman, inspector (investigation) of the police station.
Senior Joint Convener of the district unit BNP and former municipality mayor GK Gaus was made accused in the two cases.
According to the case statement, over 150 people, including Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ajay Chandra Deb and nine other police personnel, were injured in a clash between BNP leaders and activists and police centring BNP’s road march programme at Shayestanagar on Saturday.
So far, 16 people have been arrested, said Inspector Badiuzzaman.
