Rival lawyers in Bogra clash
4 hurt, Bar office ransacked
At least four people, including the general secretary of Bogra Bar Association, were inured in a clash between the pro-Awami League and BNP backed lawyers yesterday.
Witness said the trouble began following an altercation between Rezaul Karim Montu, vice-president of AL district unit, and Ataur Rahman, general secretary of the Bar association, over inauguration of a post office on the association's office premises.
Bar association sources said Montu became angry and scolded Ataur as he was not invited to the opening programme of the post office on Monday.
Hearing the news, pro-BNP and AL lawyers attacked each other and ransacked the offices of the president and general secretary of the Bar association.
Ataur alleged that Montu's men swooped on him and his supporters and ransacked the Bar association office.
Montu denied the allegations, saying that pro-BNP layers attacked his supporters and ransacked the offices of the Bar association's president and secretary.
Meanwhile, advocate Naresh Mukherjee, general secretary of district Awami Ainjibi Samity, filed a case with Bogra Sadar police Station, accusing 50 people, including advocate Ataur Rahman, advocate Nazmul Huda and advocate Saiful Islam, of vandalising the Bar association office and snatching Tk 30,000 and a wristwatch from pro AL lawyers.
Bogra Bar Association has announced that lawyers will boycott courts today protesting the incident. Awami Ainjibi Samity will also stage a protest rally in the town today.
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