C T Online Desk: The police filed three cases with Paltan, Matijheel and Shahjahanpur police stations accusing more than 3,300 leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over Wednesday’s clash between the police and BNP activists in front of the party central office at Naya Paltan in Dhaka.
The cases were lodged for several charges including hindering the police from observing their duties, destroying government properties and attacking the police while discharging duties, police officials said.
‘Police arrested around 500 people in the three cases and sent them to court for taking next legal steps,’ Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s deputy commissioner Faruk Hossain said.
He said the case with Paltan police station was lodged naming 470 people and unnamed 2,500 other ones , the case with Shahjahanpur police station was lodged naming 52 people and 250 unnamed ones and the case with Matijheel police station was lodged naming 28 people and several other ones.
The police officer said that their drives were going on to nab the accused people.
He said that they would seek the court’s permission to take several arrested accused under their custody for interrogation in the cases.
Meanwhile, the pro-BNP lawyers staged demonstration at the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court premises in the afternoon when a number of prison vans loaded with arrested BNP leaders and activists arrived there.
The protesters chanted slogans demanding immediate release of the BNP leaders and activists and protested against government oppression on the opposition leaders and activists.
The agitators said that the government had used the police to attack the BNP leaders and activists to foil the Dhaka divisional rally of the BNP, scheduled to be held on December 10.
Wednesday’s clash at Naya Paltan left one BNP activist dead and scores injured.
