The National Press Club and the High Court have been used as a ‘political shield’ by a group, Dhaka Metrpolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed has said.
Published : 30 Dec 2013, 04:08 PM
Police have also the information of a ‘militant group’s’ meeting at the Press Club, he told a press conference at the media centre at Mintoo road. The press conference was convened to brief the media about the law-and-order situation in the capital at the dawn of a new year.
Ruling Awami League members clashed with BNP-Jamaat-backed journalists at the press club and with BNP-backed lawyers at the Supreme Court amid the Opposition’s movement on Sunday.
Police had entered the High Court premises on Sunday with appropriate authorities’ permission, Benazir said on Monday.
“In the guise of lawyers, even outsiders and party cadres were present inside the court premises.”