Cops foil bid to lay siege to Khaleda house

Transport workers' attempt to lay siege to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence is halted by law enforcers at Gulshan-2 in the capital today. The agitating workers were protesting loss of lives of their fellow men and damage of vehicles during the opposition sponsored blockades. Photo: Focus Bangla

Police today foiled transport workers' attempt to lay siege to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan residence protesting loss of lives of their fellow men and damage of vehicles during the blockades.

Earlier in the morning, transport workers announced a programme to besiege Khaleda's residence.

The law enforcers resisted them when hundreds of transport workers reached Gulshan-2 in procession at noon, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, told The Daily Star.

Facing resistance, the workers held a 20-minute rally at the spot and left the scene, the OC said.

Additional police were deployed in front of Khaleda's residence centering the transport workers' besiege programme but they were withdrawn around 1:00pm, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.