At least 30 people, including a policeman, were injured when they locked horns with law enforcers in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Sunday.
The incident occurred during a nationwide blockade programme of the BNP-led opposition 18-party alliance amidst an on-going political violence.
The local BNP unit called a daylong hartal in Kaliakoir upazila for Monday in protest to what they claim was a police assault on their peaceful rally.
Witnesses said local BNP brought out a procession, led by district BNP Secretary Kazi Saydul Alam Babul, on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in the morning.
Clashes ensued when police intervened in the By-pass area.
Kaliakoir police Officer-in-Charge Omar Faruk said the BNP supporters were trying to put up a blockade on the highway. “We foiled their attempt.”
BNP district Secretary Kazi Saydul Alam Babul said police had attacked their peaceful rally. “We condemn the attack and call a hartal in Kaliakoir for Monday.”
Two burned as pickets set truck on fire
A driver and his assistant were burned when pickets set fire to a truck in Ghorashal, Saturday night at 10pm.
Driver Mohammad Mintu Mia, 42, and Mohammad Rubel, 30, were later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Kaligonj police OC Nazmul Islam Bhuiyan said miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the speeding truck.
Meanwhile, pickets also burned down jute produce at Baimail bridge on Dhaka-Tangail highway on Saturday at around 9:30pm, police said.
