OUR CORRESPONDENT, Gazipur

Criminals attacked a vehicle carrying Hasnat Abdullah, chief coordinator (South) of the National Citizen Party, at the Chandana intersection in Gazipur yesterday.

Police detained two people in connection with the attack.

Hasnat’s hand was bleeding after the car window was broken in the attack around 7:00pm, said Md Sarjis Alam, chief coordinator (North) of the party, in a Facebook post.

Sarjis also posted photos of Hasnat’s hand and the damaged car, urging supporters in the vicinity to help him.

Shaheen Khan, officer-in-charge of Bason Police Station, said unidentified attackers on three to four motorcycles tried to stop the car near the Ulka Cinema Hall when Hasnat was returning to Dhaka after visiting Gazipur Agricultural University.

The attackers threw bricks and stones at the vehicle. The car then rushed to the Boardbazar area near the Islamic University of Technology. Police then escorted Hasnat towards Dhaka, Shaheen added.

The OC identified one of the detainees as Nizam Uddin Tushar without giving further details, but the other person’s name was not revealed.

The Gazipur Metropolitan Unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir organised a demonstration at Gazipur Chowrasta at 8:30pm in protest against the attack on Hasnat.

The Gazipur district and metropolitan branches of the National Citizen Party called another protest at 9:00pm.

In Dhaka, leaders and activists of the NCP took out a procession outside their Banglamotor office around 10:00pm and marched to the Shahbagh intersection and then back to Banglamotor.

They demanded the arrest of those responsible, and also called for a ban on the Awami League.