The local administration imposed Section 144 on Kantar Beel and the area around the stadium at Puthia on Saturday fearing violence after rival factions of local Awami League called separate programmes centring on the annual boat race.
Police said that the upazila nirbahi officer slapped ban on rallies, processions and gatherings in the area until 12:00am Sunday.
Puthia police officer-in-charge Aslam Hossain told New Age that the local unit of Chhatra League,student wing of the AL, had announced the traditional boat race on Kantar Beel and a prize-giving ceremony at Puthia stadium on the day.
But a faction of Awami League, loyal to local lawmaker Abdul Wadud Dara, also announced a separate programme at the same venue and at the same time to celebrate the occasion.
UNO of Puthia MA Tarek clamped Section 144 to avert trouble. Police have been deployed in the area.
Convener of the boat race committee GM Hira Bachchu, also former president of the upazila unit of Chhatra League, accused the followers of the lawmaker of vitiating the situation and creating division in the local Awami League and its associate bodies.
Soruce : New Age
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