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‘Attack on police planned, action analysing video footage’

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Published: 13:04, 14 November 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
‘Attack on police planned, action analysing video footage’

Secretariat Correspondent: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal alleged that the attack on police at Nayapaltan in the capital was carried out in a planned way to thwart the upcoming parliamentary election.

The minister came up with the allegation while talking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday.

Kamal said that legal action will be taken against the attackers analysing the video footage.

“The election preparations are going on peacefully…peace is prevailing everywhere. When the country’s people are busy taking preparations for election, they are carrying out acts of sabotage in a planned way,” said the minister.

The attack was carried out in an attempt to foil the forthcoming national election. The attackers set fire to two police vehicles and vandalized some other vehicles. 16 policemen were injured in the attack, he said.

Earlier in the day, a fierce clash broke out between police and BNP leaders and activists in front of the party’s Nayapaltan Central office here, leaving an unspecified number of people injured.

Thousands of BNP leaders and activists gathered in front of their office since morning as the party continued to sell its nomination forms for the third consecutive day today among those who want to contest the 11th parliamentary elections with its tickets.


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