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DHAKA-SYLHET

HELEMUL ALAM back from Bhairab
Commuters using the Bhairab route to reach Dhaka faced an unusual ordeal yesterday ahead of the BNP's rally in the capital as most buses were not operational.
Those that were underwent searches at police check points.
Bus operators in Bhairab and Kuliarchar said they had stopped services to avoid police harassment and attacks on the road by ruling party activists.
Meanwhile, police checkposts installed on the highway, where all buses were stopped for detailed search, created a huge tailback of vehicles, triggering woes for passengers.
This correspondent, who was on Shwopno Bilash, a Bhairab-bound bus from Kuliarchar, had to stick for around one and a half hours (from 1:30pm to 3:00pm) at Bhulta, Rupganj in Narayanganj due to a checkpost.
A supervisor of the service said the company had stopped services from yes-
terday fearing police requisition. Only one bus ran that day to Dhaka, charging double and even triple the usual fare from passengers.
Many of the Dhaka-bound buses stopped before entering Dhaka due to the harassment panic. Buses of Chalan Beel, a Bhairab-Mohakhali service, were carrying passengers but dropping them off before entering Dhaka.
Meanwhile, opposition leaders and activists of Bhairab and Kuliarchar upazilas, fearing harassment by law enforcers, were seen going to Dhaka by train and other modes of transport.
They said they had to stay away from their homes to avoid arrest since the law enforcers had been raiding their houses for the last few days.
Md Rafiqul Islam, conve-
nor of Bhairab upazila BNP, said party leaders and activists had been under detectives' watch for the last one week and four had been arrested so far.
He said they had initially planned to bring around 2,500 activists to the Dhaka programme by 40 buses but now the number might come down to only 500 due to harassment by law enforcing agencies.
"On personal initiatives we are going to Dhaka separately and staying at the houses of relatives," he said.
Nurul Millat, general secretary of Kuliarchar upazila BNP, said after their plan to join the rally by hiring buses was foiled, their activists had been using trains and buses and going to Dhaka separately over the last few days.