Police have started three cases over attacks on police personnel by BNP activists near the High Court in Dhaka.
Two cases were filed under the Special Powers Act—one at Ramna Police Station and the other at Shahbagh Police Station—on Tuesday night, said Ramna OC Mainul Islam.
The third case was started with Shahbagh police, said Sub-Inspector Akram Hossain, a duty officer at the station.
The number and names of the accused, however, could not be known immediately.
Police arrested 69 people on Tuesday during a clash with agitating BNP activists who took away weapons and other protective gears from them.
The incident coincided with BNP chief Khaleda Zia's court appearance as part of the Zia Charitable Trust graft case hearing in Old Dhaka.
BNP activists attacked a prison van near the High Court and snatched two detainees in the presence of Khaleda as she was returning from the court hearing, Deputy Police Commissioner Maruf Hossain Sardar said.
Police arrested BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in Dhaka’s Gulshan hours after the attacks, reports bdnews24.
Gayeshwar had called on the BNP activists to launch protests against the trial of Khaleda after the court set February 8 for the verdict in the graft case.
The member of BNP’s policymaking body National Standing Committee had threatened to topple the government to free the former prime minister in case she was convicted ‘wrongly’.
