Jatiya Party office in Dhaka vandalized and set on fire again

Staff Reporter

The Jatiya Party’s central office in the capital’s Kakrail area was vandalized and set on fire again this evening. The complaint says that the workers of the People’s Rights Council are involved in the incident. The incident happened around 7 pm.

Police used water cannons and sound grenades to bring the situation under control at the workplace. Additional police were deployed in front of the office.

“The police lobbed three sound grenades and used water cannons to disperse the Gana Adhikar Parishad activists. The fire has been extinguished and the situation is now under control,” said Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Ramna division.

This happened just a day after the People’s Rights Council’s support rally in Shahbagh, where party president Nurul Haque Noor and other activists were injured. Three demands were put forward at the rally: 1) Punishment of those involved in the brutal attack, 2) Ban and deregistration of Awami League’s allies—the National Party and the 14-Party Alliance—and 3) Resignation of the Housing Advisor.

Leaders and supporters of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other allied parties also participated in the rally.

The office was previously vandalized on August 30th, during which time the police used water cannons, sound grenades, and batons to bring the situation under control.