Unidentified miscreants fired gunshots targeting the office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia at Gulshan in the city on Sunday night.
Khaleda Zia, also leader of the opposition in parliament, was inside the office when six miscreants on three motorcycles opened fire and sped away.
‘The BNP chairperson was in the office when the motorcyclists fired several gunshots around 11:12pm,’ Khaleda’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan said.
Nasir, a security guard of the BNP chairperson’s office, said the motorcycle riders fired three shots while passing by the office. However, no one was injured in the office.
Earlier, Khaleda had a meeting in the office with
top leaders of the opposition 18-party alliance.
Khaleda Zia remained in the office till 12:30pm.
On-duty police officer of Gulshan police station said that a large contingent of police was deployed around the office after the incident.
BNP acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that miscreants linked to the Awami League government might have been involved in the incident.
‘It is the responsibility of the government to find out who fired the shots,’ Fakhrul told reporters at the office at 12:20pm.
‘It is an attack on democracy. We are deeply concerned…,’ he added. (Source)
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