Jalil protests attack on Bajitpur leader

UNB, Dhaka
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday protested the attack on Rabilluah, Maijchar union AL general secretary in Bajitpur upazilla of Kishoreganj district.

In a statement, Jalil said that "armed cadres of ruling BNP and son of a local MP" assaulted Rabilluah as he contested as a chairman candidate in the union parishad election.

He also criticised the role of police of Bajitpur thana.

The AL leader demanded immediate arrest of the attackers and urged the "BNP-Jamaat alliance government to refrain from such attacks."