Tension increased due to violence in Bangladesh before general elections.
Tension increased due to violence in Bangladesh before general elections.
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Police has arrested a senior leader of the opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday. The arrest comes a day after violence broke out at a BNP rally, in which two people were killed. Let us tell you that elections are going to be held in Bangladesh in January next year. Tension has increased since the violence that broke out in the country before the general elections.
Senior opposition leader arrested
According to media reports, a BNP official said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been arrested from his house. BNP had organized an anti-government rally in Dhaka on Saturday. During this, violence broke out, in which a policeman and a BNP worker died. At the same time, more than 200 people including security personnel have been injured in the violence.
Political temperature rises in Bangladesh
According to the information, BNP under the leadership of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia had organized a rally demanding free and fair elections under a non-party interim government and the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. At the same time, in response to the opposition rally, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party also took out a peace rally. During this, violence broke out in the BNP rally.
BNP accused the police
BNP accused the police of trying to end their rally by force. BNP today canceled its massive rally scheduled for Sunday and held protests across the country in response to the police action. Meanwhile, violence continued in the country on Sunday.
According to media reports, fire service officials and police said the attackers set a bus on fire, resulting in the death of the bus conductor. There is an atmosphere of tension in Bangladesh after the violence and the police is taking action against the BNP leadership. Many leaders have been arrested.
