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4 bombs go off as BNP enforces hartal in Jessore
Four bombs went off at a market in Sarsha upazila yesterday during the day-long hartal enforced in the district by local BNP, protesting the killing of Jhikorgachha upazila unit president in Gazipur.
No damage or casualty was reported in the blasts at Navaron Bazar around 1:30pm, Sarsha upazila BNP president Khairuzzaman Madhu said. Police could not say who exploded the bombs.
However, a BNP man was injured when the activists allegedly of ruling Awami League swooped on the protesters with sticks at about 12:30pm at Syamlagachhi in the upazila.
Laltu Hossain was admitted to Navaron Hospital with serious head injury.
“Some activists of Awami League attacked our supporters when they were holding a peaceful procession in the area,” said Madhu.
Witnesses said, the pickets also vandalised a truck in Benapole.
Jessore BNP called the dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting the killing of Nazmul Islam, 42, finance secretary of district BNP and president of Jhikorgachha upazila BNP. He was found dead near Salna Bridge in Gazipur on Thursday night, a day after he was abducted by unknown criminals.
No long distance buses entered or left the district since 6:00am. Most vehicles -- except for a few motorbikes and rickshaws -- were off the streets during the hartal.
All the shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed on the day.
Nazmul was laid to rest at his family graveyard in Jhikorgachha Friday evening where BNP leaders including its central committee member Torikul Islam were present.
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