Settlers in Panchhari enforce hartal
A dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting the attack on a local Awami League leader passed off peacefully in Panchhari upazila yesterday.
Bangalee settlers announced the hartal on Tuesday night protesting the attack on Abu Taher, general secretary of the upazila unit AL.
All kinds of vehicles went off the road and shops at markets of the town kept their shutter down as pickets took position in different areas since morning.
Acting police superintend Joynal Abadin said no untoward situation took place during the daylong shutdown.
Criminals attacked Abu Tahar in Baroitali area of the upazila at around 8:30pm, leaving him critically injured.
Following the incident, Pahari Banglaee Chhtra Parishad brought out a procession protesting the attack, said Alamgir Hossain, officer in-charge at Panchhari police station.
The victim blamed the men of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) for the attack.
Press and information secretary of UPDF Niron Chakma refuted the allegation, adding that the incident might be a sequel to the internal conflict of AL.
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