The lawmakers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to Speaker Abdul Hamid in protest against the police attack on the opposition chief whip, Zainul Abdin Farroque, during the hartal. They also demanded exemplary punishment of all the police officials, especially Harun and Biplab, who were involved in the attack.
The BNP lawmakers, led by Mahbub Uddin Khokon, entered the speaker's office in the Parliament at about 7.00pm and submitted the
memorandum to him, in which they strongly denounced the police attack on their leader.
'The police officials, led by Harun and Biplab, attacked the opposition chief whip without any provocation during a peaceful procession and wounded him seriously,' said the memorandum, adding that Farroque was now undergoing treatment in a hospital.
The BNP lawmakers also claimed that the attack was an attempt to kill Farroque who has been elected lawmaker for five times.
The speaker termed the incident as unexpected and unfortunate and assured the BNP lawmakers that he would ask the home affairs ministry to take necessary action in this regard.
The speaker also assured them that he would to write to the home ministry to look into any excesses by the police.
Earlier, the opposition lawmakers at a press briefing in the media centre of the Parliament said that the police attacked Farroque as per the directives of the government.
Source : New Age
