A case has been filed towards round 600 folks in connection with the conflict at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque right here on Friday, amid the nationwide strike referred to as by Islamist teams to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day go to, police mentioned on Monday.
Meanwhile, life was limping again to regular throughout Bangladesh in numerous components of the nation on Sunday after one other dawn-to-dusk strike was referred to as by the Hefazat-e-Islam and banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami.
In the mosque violence case, round 500 to 600 unnamed folks have been made accused in the case filed on the Paltan Police Station on the evening of March 26, officer-in-charge Abu Bakar Siddique instructed IANS.
At least 50 folks had been injured in the conflict, as Hefazat activists staged demonstrations, attacked devotees and set hearth to their motorbikes and pelted stones on the police.
On Friday morning, Hefazat militants had set on hearth the Brahmanbaria station, crippling prepare providers on numerous routes. Several trains stay stranded in totally different stations because of the suspension.
During Sunday’s strike, clashes, vandalism, arson assaults and highway blockades had been reported from totally different components of the nation, together with Dhaka, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Brahmanbaria.
Road communications between Chittagong and different components of the nation had remained suspended since Sunday midday as no long-route bus left the town because of the strike.
At least 200 folks had been injured when a mob hurled bricks on Chittagong-bound intercity Sonar Bangla Express prepare in Brahmanbaria on Sunday morning. The violent agitators additionally set hearth to 50 year-old rail-bridge between Ashuganj and Brahmanbaria.
A bunch additionally vandalised the Hathazari police station, and Hathazari land workplace in Chir, set hearth to a automobile, and attacked the native folks.
The Chittagong-Dhaka and Dhaka-Sylhet prepare service have resumed after three days. Train had additionally started working by Brahmanbaria from late Sunday night, station-master Shoyeb Ahmed mentioned.
Traffic additionally resumed on the Chittagong-Khagrachhari highway on Sunday evening.
Activists of the Al Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa, affiliated to the Hefazat, dug up sections on Chittagong-Khagrachhari freeway early Sunday, disrupting communications.
However, Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Ruhul Amin mentioned the vehicular motion on the highway resumed round 10 p.m. after the Hefazat males withdrew the blockade following a fruitful assembly with the native administration.
Hefazat central unit’s Organising Secretary Allama Azizul Haque Islamabadi mentioned: “The local administration sat with us several times and after getting assurance, the Madrasa students withdrew their blockade after the end of our day-long hartal.”
