BNP-Jamaat clash in Chittagong’s Karnaphuli, 8 injured

Local correspondent:

Eight members of the Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal were seriously injured in an armed attack by the youth organization of Jamaat-e-Islami in Karnaphuli Baruthan.

The incident took place in the Fazil Khar Hat Bazar area of ​​Baruthan upazila after Tarawih prayers on Friday, February 20.

In this incident, Upazila Jubo Dal member Shahedul Alam Titu, Baruthan Union Krishak Dal member Manjur Alam, Chhatra Dal leader Md. Emon, Jubo Dal leaders Md. Faruk, Manik, Chhatra Dal leaders Md. Riyad, Md. Rakib and several others were injured.

After the incident, hundreds of leaders and activists of BNP, Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal took out a protest procession on PAB Road in Fazil Khar Hat Bazaar. Later, the Karnaphuli Zone Assistant Commissioner SP and the police administration arrived and controlled the situation.

It is known that a Jamaat worker beat up a Hindu voter at the polling station in Ward No. 3, Dighi Par, Daulatpur, during the 13th National Parliament election on February 12. There was a discussion and argument with BNP and Jamaat leaders and workers about this.

Following this incident, an armed attack on the leaders and activists of Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal led by the secretary of the local Jamaat youth organization Md. Alamgir was alleged to have injured more than eight leaders and activists after Tarawih prayers. The injured were given primary treatment at the nearby Anwara Medical College and three of them were sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital in a serious condition.

In this regard, South District BNP member SM Faruk Hossain said, Jamaat leaders and activists created chaos after seeing the highest number of voters in the Hindu neighborhood in the parliamentary elections. Taking note of this incident, some leaders and activists of the local Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal attacked the Daulatpur Jama Masjid for prayers under the leadership of the secretary of the Jamaat youth organization. When the police reached the spot after receiving the information, Jamaat workers beat our workers with ramda, kirich and lathis in front of them. We strongly condemn this incident. We demand the arrest of those involved in the incident.

Karnaphuli Zone Assistant Commissioner (SP) Md. Jamal Uddin Chowdhury said that after receiving the information about the incident, the police reached the spot and brought the situation under control. Legal action will be taken against the miscreants involved in the incident.