Affrontements à Chittagong – 6 juin 2011

50 hurt as Ctg BNP men clash with cops

thedailystar.net

7 06 2011

Over 50 people including policemen and journalists were injured yesterday evening in a series of clashes between law enforcers and BNP activists in Chittagong.

The port city turned into a battlefield centring BNP’s city office at Nasimon Bhaban in Kazir Dewry area leaving thousands of commuters in panic and distress for several hours.

The one-and-a-half-hour long clash spread over different areas in the city leaving 25 vehicles, several offices, banks and restaurants vandalised.

In protest of obstructing rallies, allegedly by law enforcers, during Sunday’s daylong hartal, the city unit of the main opposition BNP brought out a procession from VIP Tower area at around 4:45pm.

The clash began when police barred the procession in front of its Nasimon Bhaban office. Police claimed that the BNP activists pelted the law enforcers with brickbats leaving around 25 police men injured.

Police charged baton to disperse the activists. The clash then spread to other adjacent areas at Lalkhan Bazar Road and New Market Road as small processions were heading towards the party office.

The clash also reached SS Khaled Road, Kazir Dewry and Love Lane areas when police barricaded those streets.

The law enforcers later lobbed teargas shells and fired several rounds of rubber bullets to bring the chaos in control, said Manjur Morshed, assistant commissioner of Kotwali Police Station.

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