The police on Monday filed a case against 455 leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations with Tungipara Police Station in Gopalganj for Sunday鈥檚 attack on police personnel and their vehicle.
Sub-inspector Rabbi Mursalin filed the case naming 105 AL leaders and activists and 300 to 350 unidentified others for the attack that left at least six police personnel injured and their vehicle vandalised, Gopalganj superintendent of police Md Mizanur Rahman said.
The police personnel came under attack at Tungipara in Gopalganj at about 7:30pm on Sunday when the police tried to resist the AL leaders and activists from distributing leaflets.
The police arrested Shafayet Gazi, an activist of AL鈥檚 student front Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student organisation that was banned in late October 2024 on allegation of its involvement in breaching public security in various ways during the rule of the AL in the past 15 years, SP Mizanur said.聽 聽
鈥楾he situation in the area is now normal,鈥� he said.
The AL and its associate organisations are distributing leaflets in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country as part of their month-long programme demanding the resignation of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
According to witnesses, Tungipara police station was guarded by the security forces until Monday morning.
Asked about the overnight guard by the security forces, Tungipara police station officer-in-charge Md Khorshed Alam said that the Army had increased patrolling in the area as part of their regular activities.
鈥楢 joint drive is continuing to arrest the other attackers,鈥� he added.
The AL which was ousted amid a mass uprising on August 5, 2024 announced the month-long protest programme when most of the party鈥檚 senior leaders were either in jail or in hiding.
Professor Muhammad Yunus-led interim government took oath on August 8, 2024, three days after the fall of the AL and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 fleeing to India.