At least 10 people including a policeman sustained injuries as Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police charged baton on Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists who locked in a clash with the law enforcers' trying to clear barricade on busy Sylhet-Tamabil Highway yesterday.
The BCL men of Sylhet MC College led by district BCL President Pankaj Purkayostha put the barricade at Tilagarh on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway at 12:30pm in protest against the arrest of a fellow activist on Saturday night, locals said.
As police asked them to clear the road, the BCL men locked in a clash with them and chase and counter chase took place for about half an hour. When a Rab team reached the scene, the agitators pelted them with bricks.
The Rab and police then resorted to baton charge, chased the agitators to MC College campus and cleared the road.
Ten people sustained injuries and law enforcers picked up three people during the incident.
With injuries on the head, Assistant Sub-Inspector of police Jalal Hossain was admitted to the Police Hospital. The other injured, all students, took first aid.
Asked about the matter, Pankaj Purkayostha said, "We were protesting against the arrest of BCL man Moshahdi Ali, but the police swooped on us without any reason."
Sources of Hotel Metro International at Dhopadighirpar in the city said six of their staff were injured as armed BCL men attacked the hotel Saturday night after a heated argument between hotel security men and students over parking of motorbikes in front of the hotel. The hotel staff caught Moshahid Ali, one of the attackers, and handed him over to the police, they said.
Source : The Daily Star
