The Chapainawabganj and Sirajganj units of 18-party opposition alliance and the Khulna unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party have called general strikes in the districts for today in protest against killings of alliance leaders and activists during and after the March 27-28 non-stop country-wide hartal.
The Chapainawabganj unit of the BNP-led combine and the BNP Khulna unit have called a dawn-to-dusk general shutdown in their respective districts while the Sirajganj unit of the alliance has called a six-hour hartal in the district beginning from 6:00am today.
Three Islami Chhatra Shibir activists died in Chapainawabganj and one activist each of Shibir and the BNP died in Sirajganj in hartal violent on Friday. Two BNP leaders were also killed in Khulna during the 36-hour general shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday.
More than 2,000 people have been sued for their alleged involvement in violence in the past three days.
New Age correspondent in Chapainawabganj reports the police have sued 1,500 people in three separate cases for obstructing police duty, attacking police and damaging government property in the district headquarters and Shibganj upazila on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
Shibganj police officer-in-charge Mizanur Rahman said sub-inspector Dipak Kumar filed one of the cases against 13 named and more than 400 unnamed people while SI Shahidul Islam filed another case accusing nine named and 500 unnamed people.
The third case was filed with the Chapainawabganj Sadar police against 652 named and 600 unnamed people, said Sadar police officer-in-charge Enayet Hossain.
An activist of Shibir and two of Jamaat-e-Islami died and 30 others sustained bullet injuries in police firing when Jamaat-Shibir activists staged demonstrations, exploded crude bombs, and launched attacks on police in Shorupnagar and Shibtala areas of Chapainawabganj town.
The Chapainawabganj unit of the 18-party line-up will observe a dawn-to-dusk strike in the district in protest against the killings.
Meanwhile, Section 144 was imposed on Saturday by the district administration in Chapainawabganj town and by the Shibganj upazila administration in Shibganj municipality area and at Kansat Bazar.
Our correspondent in Sirajganj reports sub-inspector Habibur Rahman has lodged a case with the Belkuchi police accusing 29 identified BNP-Jamaat men and 500 unidentified people of being involved in Friday’s violence.
One activist of the BNP and another of its ally Jamaat-e-Islami were shot dead and 45 others, including two journalists and three policemen, injured in clashes on Friday with police and Awami League activists at Kalyanpur. Nine were injured being hit by bullets.
The 18-party Sirajganj unit has called a six-hour strike from 6:00am to noon for Sunday in protest at the killings.
The opposition alliance and law enforcement agencies meanwhile have agreed that the alliance would shun violence, if the police did not go into the area. Belkuchi police OC Samsul Haque and Jamaat Belkuchi upazila amir Arifur Rahman Sohel confirmed the agreement made between the two sides.
No police were seen in the area while locals said the situation at the moment was normal.
New Age staff correspondent in Khulna adds the BNP district unit called a daylong hartal for today protesting the killings of two of its leaders in Terokheda and Dumuria.
None of the 15 identified people accused of killing in Terokheda was arrested yet while the Dumuria police filed no case in connection with the killings in violence till Saturday afternoon.
The police faced a stiff resistance in Khulna, Jessore, Jhenaidah, Satkania, and Rajshahi in the past two weeks from mobs of villagers incited by Jamaat-Shibir men during raids to arrest opposition activists. (Source)
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