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Pre-hartal clashes leave 100 injured

By Staff Correspondent
At least 100 people were injured in clashes in pre-hartal violence yesterday as torch processions were brought out by BNP to martial support for its countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal today.
Clashes took place between Billce and BNP supporters in haka city. BNP and AL supporters in Sirajganj, Bhola and at Kulaura. At Narsingdi, BNP supporters clashed with Jatiya Party supporters.
In the city, police used tear gas. rubber bullets and batons, clashing with BNP supporters yesterday evening at Fakir-erpool crossing, when BNP supporters were marching towards
the party central office in a torch procession, parading different streets.
Sporadic incidents of violence also took place in the city's Kalyanpur area where BNP supporters reportedly tried to set a fire a BRTC bus. Explosions were also heard at Pallabi in Mlrpur.
Reports from Kulaura said five persons including a JCD leader were Injured when rivals hurled rocks at their torch procession. The BNP accused Awami League activists of attacking their procession there.
UNB reported from Sirajganj that 70 people were injured when BNP and AL supporters
clashed In the town when a BNP procession was crossing the AL office at 7 pm. Police used tear gas to scatter the rival activists.
Several persons were injured when activists of BNP and AL fought pitched battles in Bhola. reports said.
In Dhaka city, police said they used force to prevent the BNP supporters from gathering in front of the party central office for a rally in defiance of a ban on street rallies. Earlier, when the BNP activists started their torch procession from Nawab Yusuf Market in Naya Bazar, they had agreed to end it at Mouchak. But they turned militant when they reached Faklrerpool crossing, and hurled rocks and home-made bombs at police, a police press release said last night.
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan in a statement castigated police for what he said its repressive actions. attacking the torch processionists at Faklrerpool. firing rubber bullets, tear gas shells, spraying hot water and charging batons. Police also seized torches from the processionists and threw those at the procession. Mannan Bhuiyan alleged.
He said at least 400 party supporters were wounded in police action and 60 people were arrested.
He also said that plainclothes police arrested two labour leaders. Jamaluddin and Zainal Abedin, who Just Joined the BNP. They were arrested when they came out of the offi cial residence of the Leader of the Opposition at Minto Road yesterday evening. Mohammad Nasir Patwary and Mohammad SiraJ. two leaders of the party, were also detained when they came out of the residence. He demanded their release.
UNB adds from Narsingdi: At least seven people were injured in a clash between Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Jatlya Chhatra SamaJ in Palash thana over today's hartal.
Police said the clash began when a pro-hartal procession of BNP's student front. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and an anti-hartal procession of JP-backed Jatiya Chhatra SamaJ came face to face in Palash Industrial area at about 1 pm.
Of the injured, four JCD men were admitted to private clinics while three Chhatra SamaJ workers to Palash Thana Health Complex.
Both the rival student bodies blamed each other for the attack.
BSS adds: Two police constables received bomb injuries at Faklrerpool area in a clash
with the BNP activists who brought out a torch procession in the capital yesterday evening.
According to a police press release, the constables were injured when the unruly processionists threw home-made bombs at the police on duty.
The police fired two rounds of tear gas shell and arrested 22 persons from the spot.
Another BSS report from Narayanganj said that the Narayanganj city Chhatra League held an anti-hartal rally at BB Road here yesterday evening.
Presided over by Saidul Hasan Bappi. President of Narayanganj City Chhatra League, the rally was addressed, among others, by Prof Nazma Rahman. President of Narayanganj District Awami League, Advocate Anisur Rahman Dipu. its Organising Secretary and Advocate Khokon Sana. General Secretary of Narayanganj city Awami League.