Cadres of the BNP-Jamaat from two coastal belts came to Dhaka and set two metro stations on fire, resulting in the stoppage of the country’s much popular service for an indefinite period, intelligence sources said.
“Shamim Hossain, a cadre of the Juba Dal, was killed during the acts of violence in Mirpur area. At least 30 people, hailing from Bhola and two from Luxmipur were killed during the recent mayhem. We assume that people of the two coastal belts set the two metro stations on fire,” said a source, preferring anonymity.
“Even, eight activists of East Ilisha Union of Bhola Sadar were killed,” said the official.
The intelligence sources, however, said that there might have some common people among the dead.
Over 200 people were killed and several thousand were injured during the countrywide mayhem.
The findings are coming out as the government is conducting investigations into the acts of violence to unmask the diabolical faces involved in the movement.
The BNP-Jamaat activists set two metro stations ---one at Mirpur 10 and another at Kazipara---on fire on July 19.
According to the law enforcement agencies, most of the people, hailing from Noakhali, Luxmipur, Barishal and Bhola, live in Mirpur area. Those who have unleashed the acts of violence on July 19-20, are from those areas, they said.
Apart from those districts, cadres of the BNP-Jamaat from other districts, also joined the movement and vandalised the country’s important establishments, including the state-run Bangladesh Television, Bridges Division and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority.
Acknowledging the influx of the people from Bhola, Hemayet Uddin, an Awami League central leader, a
lso hailing from Bhola told the Bangladesh Post that he already informed the AL central body about the influx of people from Bhola.
“The top leadership will take a decision how they will handle the matter,” he said.
Cashing in on the recent students’ movement for quota reform, activists of the BNP-Jamaat unleashed a reign of terror across the country, leaving over 200 dead and several thousand injured and destroying huge public and private property.
Intelligence sources said that people hailing from Bhola and Barishal have a strong influence in Mohammadpur area.
They said people of that region took to the streets at Mohammadpur Bus Stand, Dhanmondi 27 and Science Lab Point and locked in fierce clashes with law enforcement agencies and vandalised public and private property.
Even, the AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office at Dhanmondi was attacked and two of the activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling party, were bullet-hit.
The cadres tried to attack Ganabhaban.
AL general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that a conspiracy was hatched to siege the Ganabhaban.
Mahmudul Hassan Rizvi, a leader of Chhatra Dal of Luxmipur Polytechnic Institute, was killed in Uttara area while carrying out an attack on Gazipur City Corporation former mayor Jahangir Alam.
“He was not alone. About fifty activists of the BNP-Jamaat were injured from Noakhali and Luxmipur,” Luxmipur BCL unit organising secretary Shahin Alam told the Bangladesh Post.
He said that over 1000 cadres of the BNP-Jamaat left Luxmipur to join the movement.
Abdul Mannan Munna, chairman of Churamankathi Union of Jashore Sadar, told the Bangladesh Post that about 40 people returned to his union with serious injuries. Of them, two were critical. They are identified as Mizanur Rahman general secretary of Jubadal Churamankthi Union and Kalam Hossain, organising secretary of the same unit.
AT least, two were killed during the clashes at Paltan area. The deceased were identified as Nabin Talukder, joint convener of Baufal Upazila Juba Dal and BCD activist Mohammad Zihad.
Besides, hundreds of activists of greater Jashore, Khulna and Faridpur also came to Dhaka to join the mayhem at different places, including Jatrabari, Shanirakhra and on the Bangabandhu Expressway.
One lakh users of SIMs of different mobile operators entered the capital city of Dhaka during the quota reform protests that turned violent.
AIG (Media) Enamul Haque Sagar told the Bangladesh Post they are trying to trace the faces who had come to Dhaka.
“We are examining the video footages and crosschecking the information of the sources to identify the faces who have come to Dhaka and ran the mayhem,” he said.
