Home Minister Sahara Khatun in parliament yesterday held Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque and some other BNP lawmakers responsible for Wednesday's police assault on Farroque.
She said that on investigation legal actions will be taken against those involved in the "unwarranted" and "unfortunate" incident.
Law enforcers assaulted the opposition chief whip Wednesday morning, on the first day of 48-hour hartal enforced by BNP and its allies, on Manik Mia Avenue following an altercation with him.
In a statement, the home minister said some opposition lawmakers led by Farroque brought out a procession defying ban on rallies and processions in the areas adjacent to the parliament complex, as the House was in session.
"Police tried to prevent them from bringing out the procession, but the opposition chief whip hurled abusive words to law enforcers. Brickbats were thrown at public vehicles from the procession, and even a police officer was assaulted. They obstructed law enforcers from discharging their duties," said Sahara.
She said a committee has already started probing the incident. "Legal actions will be taken against the people involved in the incident."
Meanwhile, taking the floor on point of order lone independent lawmaker Fazlul Azim tried to launch a blistering criticism on the government for not taking actions against the police officers responsible for assaulting Farroque.
Speaker Abdul Hamid, however, turned off Azim's microphone saying, "You cannot make any comment on the statement of home minister under section 300 of the rule of procedure [of parliament]."
Treasury bench Chief Whip Abdus Shahid later demanded that the speaker expunge the remarks of Azim from the parliament proceedings.
Some 18 lawmakers of BNP on Wednesday submitted a memorandum on Wednesday's incident to the Speaker. The Speaker informed the House about sending the memorandum to the home minister.
Source : The Daily Star
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