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| Attack On School: 4 BNP men arrested |
| 2013-03-30 |
[Bangla Daily Star] Four BNP men were nabbedDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! yesterday on charges of attacking a primary school and beating up its teachers and students for keeping the school open during hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... hours on Thursday. The arrestees are Harunur Rashid, 46, a local BNP activist, Jubo Dal activists Motalib Hossain, 29, and Jahangir Alam, 27, and Chhatra Dal activist Ashiquzzaman, 20. On Thursday morning, a procession led by Khuniyagachh union BNP President Aminul Islam stormed and vandalised Khuniyagachh government primary school. The hartal supporters also beat up at least 60 students of class-II and class-III and three teachers, including Headmaster Abdul Hai and two female teachers. The four arrestees are among the accused in the case filed with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station for attacking the school. Contacted, Abdul Hai, headmaster of the school, said he and seven other teachers of the school were afraid they might come under attack anytime. "If we don't get security from the police or local administration, it will be very tough for us to continue working here," he added. Jamir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station, said police were kept on alert to fend off any untoward incident. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... at a presser yesterday afternoon, Lalmonirhat BNP denied that its activists attacked the school and beat up teachers and students. BNP district unit President Asadul Habib Dulu claimed that local Awami League activists and some teachers did it all and pinned the blame on BNP for tarnishing the opposition party's image. On the other hand, Lalmonirhat AL General Secretary Motiar Rahman alleged that local BNP men attacked the school and beat up its teachers and students on orders from Dulu. |
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