At least 10 BNP activists were injured as police charged batons and fired tear gas to disperse feuding groups of the party after its
rally ended in Naya Paltan on Monday.
The party as part of its countrywide demonstrations demanding mid-term polls held the rally.
As the meeting was in progress, groups belonging to Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Swechchhasebak Dal locked in clashes over sitting arrangement in front of the dais.
They threw shoes and water bottles at each other that triggered panic and many activists ran for cover.
As Mirza Fakhrul and other leaders were leaving the dais soon after the meeting, the Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal senior leaders, including general secretary Sarafat Ali Sapu and organising secretary Shafiul Bari Babu began quarrelling with BNP's student affairs secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie and other Chhatra Dal leaders.
Chaos descended on the entire meeting venue as the BNP activists started scuffling with each other, hurling shoes and bottles and chasing each other with sticks they carried with banners.
At one point, police charged into the unruly party activists and fired tear gas to disperse them.
Shafiul Bari Babu sustained injuries on his head while JCD general secretary Amirul Islam Alim was also injured in the clashes.
It was the first big rally of the party attended by its acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as the chief guest since he took the charge.
Source: New Age
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