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Stray clashes mark hartal

By Staff Correspondent
SfradW' clashes between rival fmlps marked an eight houryfirtal leaving at least lOOyijurcd and paralysing norni life In the capital
Cokers were blasted, shotsred and brickbats used betwfi the supporters of 'GanAdaiat* (people's court) and klr opponents, mostly Shtblfoctlvlata during the hartaiours. The Injured In-cludedhrcc newsmen
ThWatlonal Coordinating Cornnfee for Resistance to the Kirs and Collaborators durin^w Liberation War. the orgnnlrs of the public trial agninsjumant chief Oolam Azam, lied the half day hartal mainlyt, press for execution of theeoplc s court verdict on Golt Azam
Majlopposition parties In cludin^waml League, five-party fence and the Patriotic Demoqtlc Front supported the hag
A piicd battle was fought betwee the supporters and the opftents of the hartal In the Bail Mukarram area of the citj
Th^ro-hartal activists used llkbats on the road betweg the Dalnlk Bangla Crossffend the Purana Pallan areas (Ie the activists of the Islg Chhatra Shlbir, the studerfeing of the Jamaat.
and the newly-formed Jatlya Jubo Command allegedly hurled crude bombs and. fired from roadside buildings and the narrow lanes.
Police lobbed at least 15 teargas shells and used batons to disperse the dashing groups. They also arrested at least 10 people from different parts of the city.
All vehicles stayed off city streets as the hartal went Into force at 6 am However, a few rickshaws came out later In the morning In some parts of the city,
Office goers were seen walking down to their places of work while ministers and high government officials went to their Secretariat offices under police escort.
No classes were held In the educational Institutions including the Dhaka University in the capital during the hartal hours. Shops and markets remained shuttered. Attendance In the private and government offices was thin.
Banks and other business houses remained inactive during the hartal.
Long-route buses from the three main stations at Gabtall, Mohakhali and Sayedabad did not leave the stations. Train arrivals and departures at the central railway station at Kama la pur were few.
At the Sadarghat terminal, some steamers and motor launches operated during the hartal hours.
The government tried to operate some BRTC buses In the city under police escort but later withdrew them fol-• lowing attacks by plcketers positioned near Farmgate. Shahbag and Press Club areas.
Witnesses said that the clash In the lane opposite the Bangladesh Sports Council In Baltul Mukarram area was the fiercest and continued for about one-hour.
Some Shlbir supporters, witnesses said, took up post Hons In the compound of Dewan Manjll adjoining the city office of Jamaat and threw cocktails on the plcketers tn the lune.
The hartal supporters who outnumbered the Shlbir ac tivlslB, reached to the bound ary wall of the house after stoning It for an hour and chased their opponents out of the compound.
But suddenly police took up positions inside Dewan Manjll and lobbed several teargas shells on the pro-hartal ac-ttvtats, witnesses said
They alleged that police deployed In front of Baltul Mukarram remained silent on lookers until a senior official came to the spot.
The official later visited Dcwan Manjil and urged the Shiblr supporters to refrain from further clashes.
Some aggrieved plcketers and a number of People's Court organisers argued with the police blaming them for their one-sided action.
The trouble started in the area at around 9-30 am when a group of youths carrying a banner of "Bharatiya Dalal Ntrmul Committee" paraded the streets near Battul Mukarram. A crude bomb was hurled on a procession led by AL leader Abdur Razzak and Jattya Samajtantrlk Dal (JSD-Inu) leader Kazi Aref Ahmed In the same area.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital sources said that 13 Injured including two with bomb splinters, received first aid at the hospital emergency. One Injured was admitted but later released from DMCH. the souro: added.
Clashes between police and plcketers were reported In Hotel Sheraton square. Farmgate. Mlrpur, Johnson Road and Gulistan areas.
Two youths were arrested with a pipe gun from Topkhana crossing at around 11-45 am.
Several shots were heard from Zlaur Rahman hall at around 8-30 am and a group of students threw stones from the roof of the Mujfb Hall on the road linking Shahbag to Elephant Road.
A number of donor agency offices including Islam! Tran Sangstha at Mlrpur road were heavily guarded by the riot police during the hartal.
Our Jcssore and Khulna correspondents reported that hartals were also observed in the two districts although the call for hartal was given only in the capital.