Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of Government Titumir College yesterday vandalised a car and blockaded a busy road in the capital’s Banani area after police seized the bike of one of its former leaders.
The BCL activists claimed police had beaten one of their former leaders named Biplob.
Protesting police action they had also put up blockade the Mohakhali to Gulshan road for an hour and also vandalised a car. The ASI who detained the former student leader was closed over the incident.
The incident caused an hour-long traffic jam in the road causing huge suffering to commuters.
Officer-in-Charge of Gulshan police station Sirajul Islam said on-duty SI Abdul Mannan at Baridhara stopped a Titumir college former BCL leader named Biplob as he was riding a motorbike with two others.
As they were not able to show proper documents, an altercation took place between the SI and Biplob, he added. The OC of Banani police station said BCL activists claimed that the accused SI had beaten Biplob. Later the Chhatra League activists withdrew their blockade following the closure of the SI.
