Jessore district unit of BCL blocked a road in the Monihar area in the city after police arrested one of their activists who, police claimed, was a middleman at the passport office. Police charged baton to disperse the protesters.
The detained was one Abu Said Samrat, a student of Electric department in Jessore Polytechnic Institute and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
BCL men said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotwali police station Inamul Haque detained Samrat when he took his wife to the passport office to apply for a passport for her. When, hearing the news of of arrest, Organising Secretary of BCL’s district unit Fayej Sardar went to the police station, police behaved impolitely with him, and refused to release the detained BCL activist.
Protesting the incident BCL men created a roadblock in Monihar area, which suspended vehicle movements on the Jessore-Khulna highway.
Hearing the news of the roadblock police forces led by Police Super Anisur Rahman, Assistant Police Super Milu Mia Biswas and OC Inamul Haque went to the spot and baton-charged the protesters to disperse them.
President of BCL’s district unit Ariful Islam Riyad said police arrested Samrat without any reason, and made derogatory remarks about the organisation.
OC Inam told the Dhaka Tribune that Samrat was arrested after receiving specific information about his involvement in the illegal business. The District Special Branch is investigating the matter, and he would be released if there is no evidence of his crime, he added.
