[Bangla Daily Star] Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, blasted at least seven cocktails during a chase and counter-chase with police on Elephant Road in the capital Wednesday morning.
The activists also vandalised several vehicles during the incident, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
Police picked up seven people from the spot.
Around 50 Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a procession from an alley near Bata Signal intersection around 9:25am protesting the government decision to bar war crimes convicts from being registered as voters, said Ripon Kumar Saha, a sub-inspector of New Market Police Station.
A chase and counter-chase ensued when the on-duty police personnel resisted the procession, the SI said.
The marauding activists hurled brick chips targeting the law enforcers and also blasted several bombs.
Police had to fire gunshots and teargas canisters to disperse the activists, said Yasin Araft, officer-in-charge of New Market Police Station.
No injury was reported in the chase and counter-chase.
A staff of Bata Showroom is among the detainees, Murad, a salesman of the showroom, claimed.