Police in northeastern Bangladesh have used batons and tear gasoline to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who will oversee the following election, which is anticipated to be held in January
Bangladeshi police and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Get together (BNP) conflict in Habiganj, Bangladesh, Saturday, Aug.19, 2023. (AP Photograph/Sahibur Rahman)
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DHAKA,Bangladesh — Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gasoline to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee the following election, which is anticipated to be held in January, police and activists mentioned Sunday.
Round 300 individuals had been injured within the conflict on Saturday night, together with some with bullets, the nation’s main Bengali-language each day newspaper Prothom Alo reported, including that police had opened hearth on supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Get together, which is led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
The United Information of Bangladesh company mentioned as many as 150 individuals together with cops had been damage within the clashes, which occurred in Habiganj city.
G.Ok. Gaus, an area chief in Zia’s social gathering, mentioned chaos broke out after hundreds of social gathering supporters started marching via the streets. Police confronted them and ordered them to cease.
Palash Ranjan Dey, a police official in Habiganj district, mentioned police had been pressured to take motion after opposition activists all of the sudden attacked them whereas making an attempt to interrupt a police barricade.
Zia’s social gathering has been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the switch of energy to a non-party caretaker authorities till the following normal election. Zia’s social gathering and its allies accuse Hasina of vote rigging in 2018 and the social gathering has been protesting over who ought to oversee the following normal election.
Hasina hopes to return to energy for a fourth consecutive time period and says the election needs to be held beneath her authorities’s supervision as specified within the structure.
The US, the European Union and the United Nations have been urging all sides to keep away from violence and work towards holding a reputable election.
