11:14 AM, June 18, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 03:30 PM, June 18, 2017
BNP leader Fakhrul’s motorcade comes under attack in Chittagong
Star Online Report
After being injured in an attack in Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia of Chittagong this morning, Sunday, June 18, 2017, the BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with other party leaders take shelter at a mosque in the nearby area. Photo: Courtesy
A group of miscreants vandalised at least five vehicles of a motorcade of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong this morning.
Fakhrul, who was leading a five-member delegation of the party on way to Rangamati, was hurt during the attack that took place at Ichhakhali Bazar around 10:40am, Mirza Fakhrul told The Daily Star over phone.
“It is unbelievable and we don’t have any words to condemn the attack,” he said.
Also READ: Heavy rains hit Rangamati, increases sufferings further
Terming the attack “an example of the government’s intolerance”, Fakhrul said it does not want to give BNP any scope to stand by the people, Fakhrul alleged.
Following the attack amid heavy rain, BNP activists took shelter to a nearby mosque for some time, Fakhrul added.
READ more: 4 killed as fresh landslides hit Khagrachhari, Moulvibazar
The damaged vehicle of BNP leader Amir Khasru. Khasru, Mirza Fakhrul, party Vice Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Nurul Alam Chowdhury and party’s Chittagong divisional organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim were travelling on it when it came under attack at Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Photo: Dwaipayan Barua
The BNP delegation was scheduled to visit landslide-ravaged areas of Chittagong and Rangamati today. But it cancelled the Rangamati trip after the attack and decided to go back to Chittagong, the BNP leader said.
The attack seemed like an attempt to kill them, said BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, who was with Fakhrul inside the vehicle that came under attack along with four other vehicles.
The damaged vehicle of BNP leader Amir Khasru. Khasru, Mirza Fakhrul, party Vice Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Nurul Alam Chowdhury and party’s Chittagong divisional organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim were travelling on it when it came under attack at Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Photo: Dwaipayan Barua
“I never faced such incident in my life,” Chowdhury told our Chittagong staff correspondent over phone.
Amid heavy rain, the youths started hitting the vehicles with sharp weapons, iron rods and big stones, he said.
Meanwhile, in a press conference at 1:00pm organised at Chittagong Press Club, Fakhrul condemned the attack.
BNP demo tomorrow
The BNP will stage demonstration across the country tomorrow protesting the attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade.
The party will stage demonstration in district and thana headquarters, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP senior joint secretary general, made the announcement at a press briefing in Comilla district BNP office this afternoon.
He said, “This attack is an alarming sign for the democracy. The heinous attack was launched on the BNP leaders so that they cannot see the failure of the government in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.”
Contacted, Imtiaz Bhuyan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rangunia Police Station, told the daily that law enforcers had information that a BNP delegation would visit Rangamati today but they are yet to gather details of the attack.
The death toll in landslides stood at 153 in five hill districts including Rangamati, the worst affected area where 115 people died so far
BNP leader Fakhrul’s motorcade comes under attack in Chittagong
Star Online Report
- Several BNP leaders including Fakhrul hurt
- 5 vehicles vandalised at Ichhakhali Bazar
- Unidentified youths hurled brick chips at motorcade
- Rangamati trip cancelled
- Fakhrul condemns attack at Ctg press coference
- BNP demo tomorrow
After being injured in an attack in Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia of Chittagong this morning, Sunday, June 18, 2017, the BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with other party leaders take shelter at a mosque in the nearby area. Photo: Courtesy
A group of miscreants vandalised at least five vehicles of a motorcade of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong this morning.
Fakhrul, who was leading a five-member delegation of the party on way to Rangamati, was hurt during the attack that took place at Ichhakhali Bazar around 10:40am, Mirza Fakhrul told The Daily Star over phone.
“It is unbelievable and we don’t have any words to condemn the attack,” he said.
Also READ: Heavy rains hit Rangamati, increases sufferings further
Terming the attack “an example of the government’s intolerance”, Fakhrul said it does not want to give BNP any scope to stand by the people, Fakhrul alleged.
Following the attack amid heavy rain, BNP activists took shelter to a nearby mosque for some time, Fakhrul added.
READ more: 4 killed as fresh landslides hit Khagrachhari, Moulvibazar
The damaged vehicle of BNP leader Amir Khasru. Khasru, Mirza Fakhrul, party Vice Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Nurul Alam Chowdhury and party’s Chittagong divisional organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim were travelling on it when it came under attack at Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Photo: Dwaipayan Barua
The BNP delegation was scheduled to visit landslide-ravaged areas of Chittagong and Rangamati today. But it cancelled the Rangamati trip after the attack and decided to go back to Chittagong, the BNP leader said.
The attack seemed like an attempt to kill them, said BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, who was with Fakhrul inside the vehicle that came under attack along with four other vehicles.
The damaged vehicle of BNP leader Amir Khasru. Khasru, Mirza Fakhrul, party Vice Chairman Maj Gen (retd) Nurul Alam Chowdhury and party’s Chittagong divisional organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman Shamim were travelling on it when it came under attack at Ichhakhali Bazar in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Photo: Dwaipayan Barua
“I never faced such incident in my life,” Chowdhury told our Chittagong staff correspondent over phone.
Amid heavy rain, the youths started hitting the vehicles with sharp weapons, iron rods and big stones, he said.
Meanwhile, in a press conference at 1:00pm organised at Chittagong Press Club, Fakhrul condemned the attack.
BNP demo tomorrow
The BNP will stage demonstration across the country tomorrow protesting the attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade.
The party will stage demonstration in district and thana headquarters, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP senior joint secretary general, made the announcement at a press briefing in Comilla district BNP office this afternoon.
He said, “This attack is an alarming sign for the democracy. The heinous attack was launched on the BNP leaders so that they cannot see the failure of the government in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.”
Contacted, Imtiaz Bhuyan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rangunia Police Station, told the daily that law enforcers had information that a BNP delegation would visit Rangamati today but they are yet to gather details of the attack.
The death toll in landslides stood at 153 in five hill districts including Rangamati, the worst affected area where 115 people died so far
