Traffic resumes on Dhaka-Ctg Highway
Highway Police’s Baro Aulia Post Sergeant Zakir Hossain said the gridlock was cleared around 8:15pm.
He told bdnews24.com police were escorting the vehicles until they crossed the Sitakunda part of the highway to avoid any ‘subversive act’.
Hosain said Jamaat activists unleashed violence on the highway hearing the news that the body of one of their leaders, who had gone missing, had been found.
He said they set ablaze two trucks and one covered van at Banshbarhia around 3pm and damaged at least 20 more vehicles at different points of the highway.
Police admitted that one of the ‘vandals’ was shot when the law enforcers fired bullets to control the situation.
Chittagong Medical College and Hospital’s Police Post Assistant Sub-Inspector Pankaj Barua said the injured Jamaat activist, Khaled bin Masud, 22, was admitted to the hospital.
Body of Jamaat’s Barabkunda Union unit General Secretary Aminul Islam was found in Panthichhila at noon.
Jamaat men ran riot following the discovery.
They set fire to houses of pro-Awami League Barabkunda Union Council Chairman Sadakat Ullah Sarker and several of his supporters, said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials.
Sitakunda Police Station OC said the situation came under control at night following deployment of additional law enforcers.
Highway Police’s Baro Aulia Post Sergeant Zakir Hossain said the gridlock was cleared around 8:15pm.
He told bdnews24.com police were escorting the vehicles until they crossed the Sitakunda part of the highway to avoid any ‘subversive act’.
Hosain said Jamaat activists unleashed violence on the highway hearing the news that the body of one of their leaders, who had gone missing, had been found.
He said they set ablaze two trucks and one covered van at Banshbarhia around 3pm and damaged at least 20 more vehicles at different points of the highway.
Police admitted that one of the ‘vandals’ was shot when the law enforcers fired bullets to control the situation.
Chittagong Medical College and Hospital’s Police Post Assistant Sub-Inspector Pankaj Barua said the injured Jamaat activist, Khaled bin Masud, 22, was admitted to the hospital.
Body of Jamaat’s Barabkunda Union unit General Secretary Aminul Islam was found in Panthichhila at noon.
Jamaat men ran riot following the discovery.
They set fire to houses of pro-Awami League Barabkunda Union Council Chairman Sadakat Ullah Sarker and several of his supporters, said Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials.
Sitakunda Police Station OC said the situation came under control at night following deployment of additional law enforcers.
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