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BNP-Police clash leaves 15 injured in Barisal

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Published: 08:51, 14 October 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
BNP-Police clash leaves 15 injured in Barisal

Staff Correspondent, Barisal: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between BNP leaders and activists and police at Awshin Kumar Hall area of the city around 11:00am on Saturday.

BNP leaders and activists vandalised several vehicles during the clash. Police held five leaders of the party from the spot.

Witnesses said BNP leaders and activists brought a procession as part of the party's central programme announced against the arrest warrant issued in three cases against the party chairperson Khaleda Zia. Police stopped the procession when it reached the main gate of the Awshin Kumar Hall. At one stage of altercation between the two sides, police charged batons on BNP men, leaving 15 people injured.


risingbd/Barisal/October 14, 2017/J Khan Swapon/A K Azad

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