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At least 100 injured in clash with police near Jatiya Press Club
At least 100 people were injured in a clash between Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad and police in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Sunday noon as the ‘All-out non-cooperation’ programme called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement is underway in the country.
UNB’s special correspondent reported from the spot that the Peshajibi Parishad was staging a rally in front of the Press Club in favour of the ‘All-out non-cooperation.’
Police coming from the Supreme Court area suddenly attacked them around 12:35pm, members of the Peshajibi Parishad said.
At one stage, the protesters took position in several alleys and got involved in chases and counter-chase with the police, leaving at least 100 people injured, the UNB correspondent reported.
Later, the protesters set fire to tyres and other objects on the street under the metro rail station.
Moreover, the protesters set fire to a police box by the JPC.
As of filing this report around 1:20pm, the clash was still going on.
Kader Gani, member secretary of the Peshajibi Parishad, alleged that police used sound grenades and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse them and said that over 100 people got injured.