AL faction in Thakurgaon's Haripur go on rampage
Ignoring Section 144, a faction of local Awami League (AL) brought out a procession at Haripur upazila headquarters under the district and damaged quite a few party posters there yesterday.
Around a hundred activists of the faction, led by AL's upazila unit General Secretary Ziaul Hasan Mukul, joined the procession with sticks and sharp weapons.
Dispute over a local issue in December last year led to emergence of the factions -- one led by Ziaul Hasan Mukul and the other led by local lawmaker Dabirul Isalm, party insiders said.
On Friday, a faction led by Mukul called upazila unit Krishak League's meeting at the upazila AL's office, to be held yesterday morning while upazila unit Jubo League supported by lawmaker Dabirul Islam announced an extended meeting at the same time and venue.
To avert any untoward incident, the local administration imposed Section 144 at the upazila AL's office and its adjoining area from 6:00am to 11:00pm yesterday.
But the activists of Mukul-led faction gathered in the party office area around 11:00am and brought out a procession with sticks and sharp weapons.
Later they damaged several party posters.
The policemen deployed there did not take any action that time, witnesses said.
Earlier on Thursday, Mukul's group sued 20 people of the lawmaker-backed group, including president and general secretary of upazila unit Jubo League Mozibar Rahman and Amzad Hossain.
On Friday, Amzad Hossain filed a case with Haripur Police Station against 21 people including Ziaul Hasan Mukul.
Contacted, Sayedur Rahman, officer in charge of Harpur Police Station, said over cell phone that the situation is under control and additional forces have been deployed to avert further untoward incident.
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