Rivals attack dist BNP meeting, explode bombs
30 sued in Brahmanbaria
Rivals attacked a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) district committee meeting and ransacked the house of advocate Haroon Al Rashid, district convener and central vice-president of BNP here on Saturday evening.
Haroon's younger brother Shahin Al Rashid yesterday filed a case with Brahmanbaria Sadar police station accusing 30 people of carrying out the attack.
A protest meeting was also held on the 'Poura Market' premises with district joint convener advocate Md Safiqul Islam in the chair.
Local BNP office sources said district leaders of BNP headed by advocate Haroon Al Rashid were holding a preparatory meeting on Saturday on the district conference scheduled for January 26. All of a sudden, a group of rival BNP men attacked Haroon's house, the venue of the meeting.
The attackers numbering about 30 damaged the house, glasses on tables, windowpanes and Haroon's car. They also ransacked the documents of the office and exploded a few cocktails on the house premises. However, none was injured in the bomb attack.
Later at around 9:30 at night, the incumbent leaders and workers brought out a protest procession in the town. The rival group intercepted the procession near Tufayel Azam bridge by hurling a series of cocktail there.
Police fired 11 rounds of blank shots to bring the situation under control.
The law enforcers also recovered 28 unexploded cocktails from T A Road where the rival group carried out the bomb attack.
Yesterday's protest meeting was addressed by district joint conveners Haji Sayed Emranur Reza, Poura Mayor Hafizur Rahman Mulla Kachi, Zahirul Haque, Md Sirajul Islam and Khuspeara Banu.
Contacted, Haroon said that a section of disgruntled party men was disturbing the peaceful atmosphere with an ill motive. They attacked the preparatory meeting with a view to spoiling the main conference of January 26, he said.
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