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NATIoNAL MoURNING DAY

Police resort to mass arrest

BDNEWS, Dhaka
Incidents of mass arrest of the activists and leaders of Awami League and its front organisations by police and attacks by BNP cadres are reported from various parts of the country on the eve of the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today.
Police, however, denied the allegation.
A section of BNP leaders including pro-BNP union parishad (UP) chairmen of the Keraniganj upazila have allegedly threatened the opposition AL leaders and activists not to observe the day.
Local AL leaders said the president of Sakta union BNP has warned them not to observe or make any arch from Kholamora to Atibazar on the occasion of Bangabandhu's death anniversary.
"He has threatened our activists not to hold any programme on August 15," said Selim Ahmed, a district-level AL leader.
Local BNP cadre Rafiq along with his gang yesterday damaged at least two arches erected by local Bangladesh Chhatra League activists.
The AL leaders also alleged that Kamal Uddin and Liaqut Hossain, chairmen of Rohitpur and Taranagar unions respectively, threatened them not to hold any programme on
the occasion.
"Besides, Kolatia union Jubo Dal leader Chan Mia along with some police member have raided different houses of local AL leaders and activists to foil the mourning day programmes and hartal," they alleged.
To observe the day, leaders and activists of local AL have erected 126 arches at different places of Keraniganj and taken elaborate programmes including Qurankhwani and destitute feeding.
Lalbagh, Hazaribagh and Kamrangirchar AL leaders also alleged that the law enforcing agencies launched a massive drive in the areas to net the AL leaders and activists with a view to foiling the opposition party's mourning day programmes and half-day hartal.
They claimed that police have
raided the houses of Chhatra League leader Mohiuddin.
The AL leaders also alleged that the cadres of BNP tore down the posters of Bangabandhu.
our Barisal correspondent adds: cadres of BNP and its front organisations attacked a human chain of AL at Hizla in the district on Sunday.
Three AL activists Julhas, Rahman and Razzak sustained serious injuries in the attack.
AL organised the programme marking the death anniversary of Bangabandhu.
The BNP cadres also threatened the local AL not to hold any rally at the upazila headquarters.
Additional police were deployed in the area to avert further untoward incident.