Attackers vandalized several BNP leader’s houses and torched the party’s Khulna offices during clashes over holding rallies in the city’s Khalishpur, the opposition party said on Sunday.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) blamed the violence on the activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League, the associate bodies of the ruling Awami League.
Khulna Metropolitan BNP Convener Advocate SM Shafiqul Alam Mana alleged in a press briefing on Saturday night that Khalishpur BNP office was vandalized and various ward offices were torched.
The attackers also vandalized the BNP leaders' houses.
Nearly 50 activists of BNP were injured during the attack following the clashes, he added.
Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Khalishpur police station, said the police put a restriction on holding rallies of Awami League and BNP at the same place in Baikali junction on Saturday afternoon.
However, BNP leaders and activists took out a procession in Khalishpur defying the ban, said the OC.
As the BNP procession progressed, a clash broke out between the Awami League leaders and workers, leaving several people injured, he added.
“Additional police were deployed in the area to bring the situation under control,” he added.
