C T Online Desk: Police have foiled Jamaat’s attempt to hold an absentee funeral prayer for convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee in front of Almas Cinema Hall in Chittagong on Tuesday afternoon.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) South Zone Deputy Police Commissioner Mostafizur Rahman said that the Jamaat-Shibir men had taken up position without any prior permission so the police dispersed them.
“Some of our policemen were injured in the attack. Several of them have been arrested. The situation is under control at this moment,” he added.
Kotwali police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Zahidul Kabir told Dhaka Tribune that the followers of Sayedee had gathered to create violence. Thirty people from the Jamaat camp were arrested from the spot.
Meanwhile, according to local sources, on Tuesday, after 4pm, a procession of 400-500 people went from Jamiyatul Falah Masjid in front of Almas Cinema Hall when the police fired blanks at the procession, causing the procession to disperse.
According to police sources, after Sayedee’s death, security measures were strengthened at important places in the city based on secret information that Jamaat may carry out sabotage. Following this, a large number of policemen were deployed at the mosque in the city since morning.
The Jamaat-e-Islami leader and convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee passed away on Monday night while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
