Khaleda Zia confined to her office for the third day

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is spending a third day confined to her Gulshan office.

The office has been surrounded by police since Saturday night and they have stopped the former prime minister from leaving the premises.

The government, however, does not accept this as a forcible confinement and says that the 'security measures' have been put in place as Khaleda faces 'risk'.

Police cordoned off the office as soon as the BNP-led alliance announced that they would hold a rally on Monday despite the police not permitting them to do so.

Khaleda was reportedly stopped twice from leaving the office on Saturday. On Monday afternoon, the BNP chairperson got into her SUV to leave for a party event but police had locked the gates several hours before that.

Failing to leave, the BNP Chairperson announced an indefinite blockade of highways, railways and waterways across Bangladesh.

Police deployment was cut down after Khaleda went back to her office, but it was beefed up again on Tuesday morning.

Members of Armed Police Battalion have been deployed around the office.

Both ends of the street leading to the office have been blocked with police trucks and water cannons. An armoured personnel carrier is parked nearby the BNP Chairperson's office.

Security personnel are not allowing reporters to go near the office, though they did stop them during last two days. The main entrance of the building is still locked from outside.