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BNP trips on Dhaka reorganisation bid

Staff Correspondent
A tottering BNP which is planning to breathe new life into its grassroots units in Dhaka city for a renewed anti-government movement yesterday saw two factions clash over formation of the Lalbagh thana committee in the capital, which left at least seven people injured, including a cop.
The supporters of BNP Assistant Organising Secretary Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and former Dhaka City Corporation ward commissioner Mir Ali Azam clashed before the start of a meeting on formation of the committee in front of the party's Dhaka city office at Bhashani Bhaban, said witnesses.
BNP Joint Secretary General Barkatullah Bulu who was given the charge by party chief Khaleda Zia to
look after the formation process of certain ward and thana committees, including Lalbagh, convened the meeting.
BNP has 100 ward and 49 thana units in Dhaka city.
After announcing the Dhaka city convening committee with Mirza Abbas and Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel as convener and membersecretary in mid-July, Khaleda has assigned BNP leaders to recast different ward and thana committees.
Each leader was asked to oversee 10 to 12 wards and five thanas, party insiders said.
The adherents of Pintu, now behind bars, and Azam tried to show their might so as to put pressure on the respective BNP central leaders for inclusion of their men in the new committee of Lalbagh, party insiders said.
The rival groups attacked each other with sticks, bricks and chairs on the Naya Paltan VIP road for nearly half an hour, witnesses told The Daily Star.
A few police personnel on duty there tried to control the marauders but failed. Later reinforcements were called in, who used batons and dispersed the BNP men.
Pedestrians and commuters were in panic at that time.
Constable Ershad Ali was admitted to nearby Police Hospital at Fakirerpul. The injured BNP men fled, fearing arrest.
Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Tofail Ahmed told The Daily Star that three BNP men were detained for their involvement in the clash and attack on police. Additional reinforcements fanned the area to avert further violence.
Meeting of the BNP Lalbagh unit was held after the situation become normal, but Bulu shirked it.
He assigned BNP Dhaka city Joint Convener Abul Bashar Num to conduct the meeting.
Talking to The Daily Star, Bulu said he would inquire into the incident and would make necessary recommendations to party high-ups for taking action against the troublemakers.