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Police open fire on transport strikers in Khulna: 1 killed

By Staff Correspondent
One person was killed In Khulna and al least 15 passengers were injured In the cap! tai as the indefinite transport strike passed Its seventh day On Sunday.
A rikshaw-pulk-r was killed when police opened fire on a group of agitating transport workers stoning a caravan of tank lorries at Manik Tala, eight kilometres from the town at around 1-30 pm. The lorry convoy was approaching Khulna town to supply fuel to the petrol pumps.
The passengers were injured In the capita! as the striking workers and their hired mas tans' hurled several bombs at passenger buses at Agargaon. Bananl. Mohammad -pur. Gulshan and Mahakhall.
Meanwhile, police raided the Mahakhall Bus Terminal and arrested three members of a bomb-making gang with 20 litres of acid
Arrested Younus All. Montr Hossain and Habib confessed to the police that their group
hurled acid bombs and created panic around the capital since the strike started a week ago.
Witnesses and official sources In Khulna said that police opened fire as the transport workers were pelting stones at police and tank lorry drivers!
The victim was Identified as Suruj Mia (35), a rickshawpuller who was hit by bullet as he was driving past. He died on the spot.
According to police, they opened fire on orders from the magistrate on the spot. A number of police and the magistrate himself were injured during the incident.
The strike was called by the Road Transport Workers Federation but a section of federation leaders led by Ils executive president Manjurul Ahsan Khan differed with the call and asked his supporters to operate vehicles.
Responding the withdrawal call a large number of workers started operating their vehicles In Dhaka and Chittagong which came under attack of the rival group.
In Dhaka on Sunday the number of town services plying on different routes was on rise.
BSS adds Leaders of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation and Bangladesh Road Transport Sramlk Union yesterday called upon the striking transport
-s to stop hurling petrol njurlng passengers
. - aging vehicles In the
n. .1 transport strike.
Govt handout on Page-3
By Staff Correspondent