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Gunmen open fire on BCL procession in Ctg: 10 injured

From Staff Correspondent
Gunmen open fire on BCL procession in Ctg: 10 injured
From Staff Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, July 16: At least ten people were shot when unidentified gunmen fired on a stick procession of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Chawkbazar in the port city today.
Police said BCL brought out the procession from Anderkilla protesting killing of eight people. including six BCL activists allegedly by Shibir activists at Bahadderhat in the city on Wednesday.
Police and witnesses said the gunmen fired on the procession from rooftop of a school when It was passing the road in front of Guizar Cinema Hall at Chawkbazar at 6 pm.
BCL and Shibir activists traded fire, chased each other 1,1 Chandanpura and Chawkbazar areas.
. Later, police intervened and dispersed the clashing groups firing tear gas shells. Angry BCL activists damaged about 40 vehicles at Anderkilla. Chawk-bazar and Rahmatganj. Movement of traffic In tiie these areas was disrupted for an hour.
In another Incident of violence at Patlya at 1-30 pm today. a petrol pump owned by a Jamaat supporter was ransacked while a procession was brought out by BCL supporters to protest the incident of killing, police said.
Meanwhile, police during raids both In the city and its adjoining areas arrested 1 1 people including five Shibir activists and seized some microbuses today.
The Shibir activists were ar-rested from Mirersharai area, police said.
However, a tense situation was prevailing in the city and its adjoining areas today.
Additional police force was deployed in the city to maintain law and order.
BSS adds: Massive hunt for arresting the killers and mas-terminds of the gruesome killing of eight people at Ba-haddarhat continues in the city and other places of the district.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police and district police said, several ©pedal teams are searching the suspected areas while different thanas of the district have been instructed to find out the culprits and arrest them.
Front line leaders of Ja-maat-e-Islaml and its student wing. Islam! Chhatra Shibir (ICS) have already gone into hiding to avoid arrest, police said.
The authorities of Chittagong Government College and Mohsin College closed three dormitories of the colleges sine die and the students were asked to vacant their hostels by 6 pm this evening, sources concerned said.
Police raided three dormitories. two of Chittagong College and one of Mohsin College and adjacent areas before closure of the hostels.
Chittagong College and
Mohsin College are the strongholds of ICS. Police could not arrest any one or recover any arms from there.
Police also raided Darul UI a in Madrassah. another stronghold of ICS. in the city, police also raided the city office of Jamaat-e-lslami at Dewan-bazar and recovered some sticks and brickbats from there.
District police said, police teams have raided different areas in Hathazarl. Fatikchari and Satkania thanas of the district to find out the killers. But they could not arrest any FIR listed accused of'ahV suspected mastermind.