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Bangladesh police detain a key opposition leader after clashes left 1 dead and scores injured
DHAKA: Authorities in Bangladesh detained a key opposition determine of the Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering, which referred to as for a nationwide strike Sunday following a day of violent clashes with safety forces.
At the very least one police officer was killed and scores had been injured on Saturday when a large rally by tens of hundreds of opposition activists turned violent.The opposition is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the switch of energy to a non-partisan caretaker authorities to supervise normal elections subsequent yr.
Police on Sunday detained Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgi, the secretary normal of the Nationalist Social gathering led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s social gathering, Hasina’s important rival, Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police answerable for media, instructed The Related Press.
The social gathering denounced his detention and introduced a three-day blockade of primarily roads and public transport throughout the nation beginning on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman stated that Alamgir was detained for questioning. Beneath the regulation, he should seem in courtroom inside 24 hours.
Hossain additionally stated 1,300 individuals had been being investigated for Saturday’s violence. Native experiences stated police had raided the properties of a number of opposition leaders in a single day within the capital, Dhaka.
House Minister Asaduzzaman Khan instructed reporters that leaders of Zia’s social gathering must bear duty for his or her function within the violence, the United Information of Bangladesh company reported.
On Sunday, at the least three automobiles had been set on hearth within the capital as police elevated safety.
The European Union and america urged all sides to keep up restraint as tensions soared forward of the nationwide elections, anticipated to be held in January.
The US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, Donald Lu, stated Washington “will evaluation all violent incidents for potential visa restrictions.”
The rivalry between Hasina and Zia has been ongoing for many years, and Hasina’s authorities has been beneath strain for months because the opposition has held largely peaceable anti-government demonstrations.
Critics and rights teams have criticized Hasina’s administration for suppressing opposition voices, as allegation authorities have denied.
Hasina, who has touted her improvement agenda, hopes to return to energy for a fourth consecutive time period. She says the election needs to be held beneath her authorities’s supervision as specified within the structure. The opposition says the election will not be free and honest regardless of Hasina’s pledges.
The prime minister just lately instructed parliament that the U.S. desires to take away her from energy at any price. The U.S. has threatened to disclaim visas to these it says had been obstructing the election course of. It primarily contains regulation enforcement businesses in addition to the ruling and opposition events.
At the very least one police officer was killed and scores had been injured on Saturday when a large rally by tens of hundreds of opposition activists turned violent.The opposition is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the switch of energy to a non-partisan caretaker authorities to supervise normal elections subsequent yr.
Police on Sunday detained Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgi, the secretary normal of the Nationalist Social gathering led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s social gathering, Hasina’s important rival, Faruk Hossain, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police answerable for media, instructed The Related Press.
The social gathering denounced his detention and introduced a three-day blockade of primarily roads and public transport throughout the nation beginning on Tuesday.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman stated that Alamgir was detained for questioning. Beneath the regulation, he should seem in courtroom inside 24 hours.
Hossain additionally stated 1,300 individuals had been being investigated for Saturday’s violence. Native experiences stated police had raided the properties of a number of opposition leaders in a single day within the capital, Dhaka.
House Minister Asaduzzaman Khan instructed reporters that leaders of Zia’s social gathering must bear duty for his or her function within the violence, the United Information of Bangladesh company reported.
On Sunday, at the least three automobiles had been set on hearth within the capital as police elevated safety.
The European Union and america urged all sides to keep up restraint as tensions soared forward of the nationwide elections, anticipated to be held in January.
The US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, Donald Lu, stated Washington “will evaluation all violent incidents for potential visa restrictions.”
The rivalry between Hasina and Zia has been ongoing for many years, and Hasina’s authorities has been beneath strain for months because the opposition has held largely peaceable anti-government demonstrations.
Critics and rights teams have criticized Hasina’s administration for suppressing opposition voices, as allegation authorities have denied.
Hasina, who has touted her improvement agenda, hopes to return to energy for a fourth consecutive time period. She says the election needs to be held beneath her authorities’s supervision as specified within the structure. The opposition says the election will not be free and honest regardless of Hasina’s pledges.
The prime minister just lately instructed parliament that the U.S. desires to take away her from energy at any price. The U.S. has threatened to disclaim visas to these it says had been obstructing the election course of. It primarily contains regulation enforcement businesses in addition to the ruling and opposition events.
