DHAKA: Four people were killed in a clash between supporters of deposed PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League and security personnel in Bangladesh’s Gopalganj Wednesday, prompting the interim govt in Dhaka to impose a curfew in the city – the birthplace Hasina’s father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Violence broke out following a rally of National Citizen Party, which had played a key role in the ouster of the Hasina government last year. Senior members of NCP had to flee the scene in an armoured personnel carrier of army and took refuge at the police superintendent’s office. They later left Gopalganj in the vehicle, witnesses and sources said. Yunus: Violence during rally shameful violation of rights The deceased were identified as Dipto Saha, Ramazan Kazi, and Sohel Molla and Emon. All had bullet wounds. Nine people were hospitalised. “The use of violence today in Gopalganj is utterly indefensible. Preventing young citizens from peacefully holding a rally to commemorate the first anniversary of their revolutionary movement is a shameful violation of their fundamental rights,” a statement by Muhammad Yunus’s office read.Reports said the protesters, equipped with sticks and brickbats, clashed with police and security forces. Protesters vandalised the vehicles of police and launched an assault on the NCP convoy, prompting forces to fire gunshots.
