Sec 144 imposed to avert AL brawl
Police yesterday prevented two rival factions of Awami League Biswanath upazila unit from holding rallies on the premises of the upazila parishad at the same time.
The local administration imposed Section 144 in and around the upazila parishad Wednesday evening as the AL factions--one led by upazila Chairman Muhibur Rahman and the other by upazila AL President Muzammil and General Secretary Babul Akhter--convened meetings at the same venue at the same time.
Police intercepted a procession of Muhibur led faction near Basia Bridge at around 2:30pm. About 500 AL men joined the procession and were marching toward the meeting venue defying Section 144. Later the processionists held a rally in front of the upazila chairman's house.
Another faction under the banner of upazila Jubo League and Chhatra League took out a procession from Al-Hera market area. When the procession led by upazila AL President Muzammil and General Secretary Babul reached near the meeting venue, police stopped it. Failing to hold rally on the upazila parishad premises, the processionists went back to Local AL office.
The feud between the two factions surfaced anew after about 50 AL men belonging to Muzammil-Babul Akhter faction, equipped with sticks, attacked the upazila parishad office Tuesday afternoon, alleging that the UZ chairman made a comment against lawmaker Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury.
They ransacked upazila chairman's office and damaged his jeep. Upazila Chairman Muhibur, escaped the attack as he took shelter at a toilet. But his driver and two others were injured in the attack.
The UZ chairman alleged that some unruly party men, backed by the lawmaker Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, attacked him as he protested 'corruption' of the lawmaker.
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