Police charges tear gas at hartal supporters

Police charged tear gas at hartal supporters demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project during National Committee's hartal in front of Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Thursday.

Witnesses said the activists of Pragatishil Chhatra Jote brought out a procession in front of TSC around 7:OO am and tried to march towards Shahbagh intersection in support of hartal enforced by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Natural Resources and Power-Port, reports news agency UNB.

When the procession reached in front of the National Museum police obstructed them, leading to a scuffle.

At one stage, police fired robber bullets, tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse them.

Pragatishil Chhatra Jote leaders claimed that five people ,including Lucky Akter, central leader of Dhaka University Chhatra Union and Umme Habiba Benazir, president of DU Chhatra Union, were injured in the police action.

The half-day hartal enforced by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Natural Resources and Power-Port demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans is underway in the city.

The committee also urged all to extend their support to them.

Source: Prothom Alo