Police clash with locals in Narayanganj

Police and locals in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj involved into a clash today Monday (13^th June). During an operation to arrest them for attacking police at the mosque, clash occurred several times between police and the locals. Police later arrested 36 people in the incident.

Earlier, locals blocked Adamjee Road from dawn on Monday (June 13) following reports of the operation. Later, police went to the spot in riot gear and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters.

Siddhirganj police sub-inspector Mirza Shahidul Islam filed a case against the worshipers at Mosque over the attack on the police. On Saturday (June 11) night, a case was filed at Siddhirganj police station against 120/125 unknown people and also mentioning the names of 50 people. Police launched an operation on Monday morning to bring the accused in the case under the law. The locals united to stop the arrest operation and started throwing stones at the police. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the situation. Police brought the situation under control at 11:30 pm.

It is to be mentioned that last Friday (June 10) Siddhirganj police sub-inspector Syed Azizul Haque gave a speech to the worshipers. At one point in his speech, he said that the Prophet had been insulted in India. Let the issue of India be in India. We do not make a mess in our own country with this. The worshipers got angry and a heated argument begun between them. Soon the argument turned in to a fight. The angry worshipers started throwing their shoes at the police officer and then started beating him. Billal Hossain Robin, staff reporter of the daily Manabjamin and general secretary of the mosque, and Hakim Mohammad Zainul Abedin, president of the mosque committee, were also injured while trying to save him. Later, they rescued him and took him to the house of the chairman of the mosque committee, where the agitated worshipers also attacked.