{"id":31552,"date":"2017-03-15T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31552"},"modified":"2017-03-15T22:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:22:05","slug":"police-obstacle-left-parties-demo-against-gas-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31552","title":{"rendered":"Police obstacle Left Parties’ demo against gas price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"jalani-ministry-gerao_42183_1489563406\"Dhaka desk: Police in Dhaka have lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse protestors demonstrating against the recent gas prices.<\/p>\n

After sponsoring\u00a0 a shutdown on Feb 28, an alliance of Left parties announced a march on the energy ministry for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Around 11am, activists of several Left parties, including the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSoD) gathered at the press club area for the protests.<\/p>\n

After holding a brief rally, they took out a procession, which was stopped by police when it was heading to the Secretariat.<\/p>\n

A scuffle broke out between the demonstrators and law-enforcers, when the protestors tried to get past barriers set up by police.<\/p>\n

A running battle erupted when police lobbed tear-gas and used water-cannons to disperse the demonstrators.<\/p>\n

Protesters then organised another rally in front of the press club.<\/p>\n

“This was a peaceful protest, which was attacked by the police,” CPB leader Ruhin Hossain Prince told the rally. He announced protests at the same venue for Thursday.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators, however, could not say how many of their activists have been injured in police action.<\/p>\n

“We can't say an exact figure, but we came to know that a Chhatra Union activist named Shahriar has been taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital,” said Ganashanghati Andolon Coordinator Junaid Saki.<\/p>\n

Police said the protesters unleashed violence when their procession was stopped.<\/p>\n

“They were vandalising vehicles on the street as well as hurling bricks at police,” Ramna Division Additional Deputy Commissioner Nabid Kamal told bdnews24.com.<\/p>\n

Traffic was suspended in the area for around 45 minutes, when the clash between demonstrators and police erupted around 12pm.<\/p>\n

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Dhaka desk: Police in Dhaka have lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse protestors demonstrating against the recent gas prices. After sponsoring\u00a0 a shutdown on Feb 28, an alliance of Left parties announced a march on the energy ministry for Wednesday. Around 11am, activists of several Left parties, including the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n