Police came under attack during a procession by the activities-banned Awami League in the Bandar area of Chittagong city on Friday, with 20 people arrested in connection with the incident.
Six police personnel, including Bandar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdur Rahim, were injured in the incident, which took place around 3pm in the Taltala area of Port Connecting Road under Bandar police station.
According to police and local sources, leaders and activists of the activities-banned Awami League brought out a procession in the area on Friday afternoon. After receiving information about the procession, a police team went to the scene and attempted to stop it.
At that point, participants allegedly threw brickbats at police and smashed the glass of a police vehicle, injuring 6 police personnel, including the OC.
Police later chased the procession participants and arrested 20 people from the scene.
A case has been filed with Bandar police station over the attack on police under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
OC Abdur Rahim said brickbats were thrown at police during the procession and the glass of a police vehicle was smashed. He added that police operations to arrest the other participants were continuing.
