A man was killed and several others were injured in a clash between the police and BNP activists in front of the party's office at Naya Paltan in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was Moqbul Hossain. No further details, such as the age of the victim or his political ideology, were released.
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His body had been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy, said Md Bacchu Mia, in-charge of the police outpost at the hospital.
The clash broke out at around 3pm when slogan-chanting BNP men took up position outside the party office and defied a police order to leave the place, witnesses said.
At one stage, police lobbed teargas shells and charged batons to disperse them.
BNP activists responded by pelting brick chips at police, triggering the clash.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said police launched an attack when some BNP leaders and activists gathered at Naya Palton to get details about the party's rally on Saturday. Many of them had been injured, he said
Biplab Sarkar, joint commissioner (operation) at the DMP headquarters, said police had taken action to ensure public security.
As per the directive of the DMP commissioner, the police were doing whatever necessary to maintain law and order, he said.
