Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir vandalised several vehicles in Kadamtali and Station Road in Chittagong City on Sunday, a day before the verdict for Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam on war crimes charges.
Published : 14 Jul 2013, 05:26 PM
Witnesses said the Shibir clashed with police and tossed at least six handmade bombs.
The verdict in the trial of the former Jamaat chief is set to come on Monday. He is accused of five war crimes including complicity, planning and conspiracy during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
Subsequently, Jamaat supporters attacked police and vandalised vehicles in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon.
Kotwali Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Nezam Uddin said Shibir activists took out a flash procession around 6pm and started vandalising vehicles. They also set a motorcycle on fire at the time.
“Shibir activists hurled brickbats at police as they tried to stop them,” he told bdnews24.com.
Police dispersed them by firing rubber bullets and brought the situation under control, said Kotwali police OC Mohiuddin Selim.
He said the Shibir men had fled into different lanes in the area at the time. But five were apprehended from there and being questioned, Selim added.