Police has submitted a report to the Election Commission about the clash that took place on November 14 in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan office.
Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune, by phone, on Monday.
He said: “We will decide about the matter after a meeting at the Commission—which is scheduled to take place at 3pm on Monday."
The report was submitted to the Election Commission on Sunday night. Videos and photos of the incident were also included in the report.
Helal continued: “Police have submitted the necessary documents—including video footage and photos of the incident. This will help us to take a necessary decision.”
Previously, the Election Commission wrote a letter to the Inspector General of Police seeking a report of the clash.
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On November 14, BNP activists set fire to, and vandalized, police vehicles in front of BNP's Naya Paltan headquarters.
Police retaliated by firing teargas canisters and rubber bullets at the hundreds of BNP leaders and activists gathered at the headquarters—while the party was selling nomination forms for the December 30 election.
The clashes started when BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas came to purchase his nomination form.
Police and BNP have blamed each other for triggering the clash.
BNP alleges that police attacked its leaders and activists in front of the party headquarters “without any provocation—at the behest of the government.”
"Police, without provocation, opened fire on our brothers. They also lobbed teargas and led baton-charges. They attacked the peaceful gathering of our leaders and activists—and created chaos," said BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also blamed the police for the clash and said it would only hamper the election atmosphere.