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Police attack on Patuakhali AL rally: 50 hurt

17 January 2006, 18:00 PM
METROPOLITAN
By Our Correspondent, Patuakhali
17 January 2006, 18:00 PM
At least 50 Awami League (AL) leaders and activists were injured at Dashmina, a upazila town in the district, when police attacked a protest rally organised by the local unit of the party yesterday.

Police also charged baton on them.

Of the injured, 15 were admitted to local hospital in critical condition.

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Of them, Joint Secretary Goutam Roy, Organising Secretary Zakir Hossain, and Chhatra League leaders Enamul Haq and Kazi Shakil Bahauddin Labu are-fighting for life.

The rally was organised to protest the death of Rehana Akter, an AL leader, in a road accident on Dashmina-Patuakhali Road on Sunday.

The organisers said they decided to submit a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner through Upazila Nirbahi Officer, but police attacked the peaceful rally illegally to disperse them.

When contacted, officer-in-charge of Dashmina thana said the AL activists were trying to put up barricade on Dashmina-Patuakhali Road in the name of protest rally.