Tejgaon police station has accepted the case filed by the BNP over the attack on party chief Khaleda Zia’s motorcade.
Tejgaon police station duty officer Sub-Inspector Ramjan Ali said the case was accepted around 12 noon Tuesday.
Earlier in the morning, the BNP filed a complaint with the police station as the OC was not present at that time.
The three-member team led by Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon filed the complaint around 10:30am Tuesday. Two other members of the delegation are Advocate Md Taherul Islam Towhid and Md Sanaullah Mia.
The complaint says gunshots were targeting Khaleda Zia. It also states that over 100 youths attacked the cars, chanting the “Joy Bangla” slogan.
After filing the complaint, Barrister Mahbub said: “The OC was not present at the police station; that is why we could not file the case.
“We will go to the court if the police station does not record a case regarding the matter.”
On Monday, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s motorcade came under attack in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar when she was campaigning for the upcoming city polls. Khaleda got away unhurt but several members of her entourage were injured.
At the same time, a group of people were holding a black flag rally near the gate of the kitchen market behind Khaleda’s car. At one point, someone hurled a watermelon rind at her car. The miscreants fled the spot after Khaleda’s security personnel chased them.
In the meantime, another group of campaigners of the ruling Awami League had just finished an election meeting near the kitchen market. The meeting was in favour of the ruling party-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq and a local ward councillor candidate whose symbol is a pumpkin.
The motorcade tried to flee the area to avoid the attack but could not because of traffic. In the few minutes that they had to remain static, the attackers, most of whom had sticks and steel pipes, pounced on the vehicles. As the cars tried to make their way through traffic, some people were hurling bricks and coconut shells at Khaleda’s car from near the entrance of the Palli Bhaban.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
