More than 100 crude bombs were exploded in different areas of the capital during the second day of the 60-hour-long hartal on Tuesday.
Pickets marched in processions and threw bombs in different areas including Karwanbazar, Hatirjheel, Aftabnagar, Moghbazar, Rampura, Gulshan, Mohakhali, Khilgaon, PallabiMirpur,Shakharibazar, Lakkhibazar and Bangshal.
Swechchhasebak Dal activists set off 25 crude bombs in clashes with police in Karwanbazar and Aftabnagar areas around 7am, while Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir members clashed with police in Baddain during the morning.
A vehicle was set on fire at Rampura early in the morning. However fire service officials said they were not informed about the incident.
During clashes and bombardment, police fired several blank rounds and teargas canisters to bring the situation under control.
Law enforcers detained five pickets during the hartal violence in the capital.
Biplab Sarkar, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told the Dhaka Tribune: “A few people came out in a procession at Karwanbazar and then exploded six to seven crude bombs. They fled from the spot as soon as they noticed police.”
Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Badda police station, said some people set off several crude bombs at Aftabnagar during a procession, but no one was arrested as they left the scene before police arrived.
Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir activists gathered at Moghbazar, Malibagh and Hatirjheel where they set roads on fire by pouring petrol and kerosene. However, the Jamaat-Shibir members left the area sensing police presence.
Pro-hartal activists exploded two crude bombs in Shakharibazar and 10 in Lakkhibazar areas in Old Town around 9:30am. Shibir activists marched in Bangshal area and set fire to tyres on the road this morning. Later police chased them and cleared the road, said Abdul Kuddus officer-in-charge of Bangshal police station.
At least four people died and more than 150 others, including 10 police officials, were injured in violence on the first day of the opposition’s 60-hour shutdown.
On Saturday, the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance announced the 60-hour nationwide hartal demanding that the national elections take place under a non-party government.