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Hartal in Sylhet today protesting 'police action'

From Staff Correspondent
SYLHET. Aug 5: District BNP has again called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the town areas tomorrow protesting police at tack on the rally during hartal hours today.
At least 20 persons were In-tured in clashes between the 1NP activists and police. But the district BNP in a press release claimed that about 50 party activists, including Its president and general secretary were Injured in police action.
Police fired 11 rounds of tear Sis shells and picked up four NP activists from court-point area In the afternoon.
The party called the hartal protesting the government’s failure' in restoration of direct rail and road communication, frequent loadshedding and price-hike of essentials.
Three trucks, one microbus and seven auto-rickshaws were damaged by the pickets In Am berkhana and court-point areas during hartal hours.
Attendance in the govern ment offices was thin, business establishments and educa tlonal institutions were closed and vehicles were off the roads.
The police swooped on the BNP rally in court-point area at about 5-45 pm and baton-charged the party activists, district BNP alleged.
Chaired by district BNP president M A Haque, the rally was also addressed by district unit secretary Artful Haque Chowdhury. Abdur Razzaque, Advocate Noman Mahmud. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury and Ahea Reza Chowdhury
They called upon the government to take Immediate and effective measures to restore the rail and road communication. Otherwise, they said, greater movement would be announced after August 14.
UNB adds: BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has greeted the people of Sylhet for successfully observing the hartal and protested police action on a post-hartal rally.
In a statement issued in Dhaka yesterday, he urged the people of the district to make today's hartal in Sylhet town called to protest police attacks and repression, a complete success.
Bhuiyan said normal life in the sacred land of Sylhet was paralysed and economic activities were seriously disrupted due to government's "inefficiency".
He said the government would have to face the consequences for its attack on the peace-loving people of Sylhet.