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71 injured in post-election clashes
 At least 71 people were wounded in post-election clashes between the supporters of Awami League (AL) and BNP and its front organisations over the last two days as more reports pour in of violence across the country. Fifty people were injured in Netrakona, eight in Rangamati, 10 in Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet), one in Savar and two in Laxmipur.Meanwhile, leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) -- the student wing of AL --has taken over control of all dormitories of Ruet yesterday and two dorms at Jagannath University in Dhaka on Friday night. Our Netrakona correspondent reported that at least 50 people, including five BCL leaders, were injured in a clash between Juba Dal and BCL over gambling at Rail Colony in Mohongonj poura area yesterday. Our Rangamati Correspondent has added that at least eight leaders and activists of Jubo Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured when Jubo League and BCL cadres attacked them. In Naniarchar, some BCL cadres under the leadership of Bablu, stabbed Naniarchar Union's Jubo Dal leader Abdul Jalil on Friday night. They also broke his right leg and arm. Earlier on Thursday evening, BCL and Jubo League cadres carried out an attack on JCD activists injuring five people. They also vandalised shops owned by JCD activists at Chandraghona Bazar under Kaptai upazila. Our RU correspondent has reported that at least 10 JCD activists were injured in separate clashes over control of dormitories in Ruet. BCL activists at the university took control over the rooms previously occupied by JCD activists in all dormitories of Ruet campus. Sources said a group of BCL activists led by Al-Amin, Nazmul and Roni forced JCD activists out of Shaheed Salim Hall. The BCL activists then raided Shahidullah and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman halls and clashes ensued between BCL and JCD activists in front of Ziaur Rahman hall. Police later brought the situation under control. AL activists looted Tk 2.7 lakh in cash from a petrol pump in Sarishabari in Jamalpur district. They injured the pump owner's son and manager of the petrol pump, reports UNB. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-04 |
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