Narayanganj, Nov 19 Three policemen, including the Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station, was injured as Islami Chhatra Shibir activists attacked the police in Narayanganj district on Monday.
The supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing also set ablaze a police vehicle after vandalising it at rail gate-2 around 11:30am, prompting police to fire tear shells and blank shots to rein in the situation.
The incident left seven others also injured as Shibir adherents and police clashed in phases in the area.
Eyewitnesses said Shibir took out the procession from Noor Mosque demanding release of their leaders standing trial on charges of war crimes at the International Crimes Tribunals.
Stones and brickbats were pelted at on-duty policemen when the procession reached the rail gate-2. They waylaid a police vehicle and vandalised it before setting it afire, injuring Sadar Police Station's OC Manjur Qader.
Soon the area turned into a battlefield as additional police were called in to restore order.
The attackers also vandalised several vehicles.
The district's Additional Superintendent of Police SM Ashrafuzzaman told bdnews24.com the police lobbed 10 tear gas shells and fire rubber bullets to bring the situation under control.
He said video footage and photographs will be used to detect the attackers though none was arrested at the scene of violence.
OC Qader said his van came under attack as it confronted the procession.
Constable Asadur Rahman and Habilder Alamgir Hossain were also injured in the attack.
Additional police were deployed for avoiding any unpleasant incident and the injured were admitted at Narayanganj hospital at Thanpur.
The attack hampered the programme the BNP organised to mark the birth anniversary of its Senior Vice President Tarique Rahman.
Earlier on Oct 17, Shibir activists clashed with the police in the district during a programme organised by the 18-Party opposition coalition. They clashed with police on Sep 17, the day polls to BKMEA were held, too.
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