Police Crackdown On Barisal BNP Rally

Countrywide processions, centrally declared by the main opposition BNP, were held in all the district headquarters by the local BNP units starting from last Wednesday. Barisal unit of BNP held a prescheduled rally on Saturday in front of its office at city's Sadar Road, where police suddenly intervened to distract the crowd. The sudden crackdown by police left with 10 injured activists of BNP, among whom 10 more were taken to custody. Later, on Sunday, cases were filed against 450 BNP activists, accusing them of vandalism.