Ruling party men block rail, road in Bhairab
Awami League and Jubo league men put up barricades on rail tracks at Bhairab station and on Dhaka-Kishoreganj road yesterday to press the demand for arrest of those who attacked a Bhairab Jubo League leader on Thursday.
Police and locals said a gang of ten criminals attacked Jubo League Bhairab unit General secretary Mozammel Haque Mithu at Bhairabpur village under the upazila as a sequel to previous enmity Thursday afternoon.
Mozammel, son of former upazila chairman Haji Md Kalu Mia, filed a case with Bhairab Police Station against nine people the same day.
Protesting the attack on Mozammel, Jubo League Bhairab unit held a rally at the upazila headquarters at 6:00pm on Thursday demanding arrest of the attackers and gave a three-day deadline that ended on Sunday.
As police could not arrest the attackers within the deadline, hundreds of AL and Jubo League men blocked rail routes at Bhairab and Kalika Prasad and Dhaka-Kishoreganj road in Mirarchar area, causing sufferings to thousands of passengers.
Kishoreganj-bound Agarosindur train in Kalika Prasad area and Dhaka- bound Agarosindur in Bhairab station remained halted for four hours from 8:00am.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Bhairab Police Station said the AL and Jubo League activists withdrew the blocked programme after AL leaders and local administration assured them of taking necessary steps to arrest the attackers as soon as possible.
Rab personnel and additional police have been deployed at Bhairab to avert further incident, the OC added.
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