Police have identified the man who set fire to a vehicle of theirs during a clash that erupted between BNP men and law enforcers in front of the party’s Naya Paltan office in Dhaka city on Wednesday.
The suspect is Shahjalal Khandaker, a member of the convening committee of the city’s Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Paltan unit, Paltan Police Station’s on-duty police officer told the FE on Thursday morning.
According to police, a clash ensued as they tried to clear the road in front of the party office.
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Around 50 people, including several policemen, were injured in the clash.
Police and BNP men blamed each other for inciting the untoward incident.
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