At least five CNG-run auto-rickshaws were torched and vandalised and five crude bombs blasted in Chittagong city during the half-day hartal (shutdown) enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, Thursday.
Jamaat and Shibir observed the seven-hour hartal in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar since 6:00am protesting the arrests of 34 Shibir leaders and activists on Tuesday.
Jamaat has also enforced an eight-hour hartal in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia in protest against the arrest of Siddikur Rahman, Jamaat acting ameer of upazila unit and also chairman of Pagulat union parishad.
CHITTAGONG
The hartal activists set fire to a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sholoshahar in the city around 9:00am and also blasted a cocktail before leaving the scene, said Mushtaq Ahmed, additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police.
After bringing out a flash procession around 9:30am, another group of Jamaat-Shibir vandalised at least four three-wheelers and blasted four crude bombs in Prabartak intersection and Chakbazar areas in the port city, Mushtaq said.
COX’S BAZAR
The hartal was observed in the district in relaxed way as most of the educational institutions and shopping malls remained open.
No violence was reported in the district during the hartal hours.
KUSHTIA
Abdul Hamid, publicity secretary of Kushtia district unit of Jamaat, Wednesday evening declared the shutdown in Kumarkhali upazila for Thursday to protest the arrest of Siddikur.
The Jamaat leader was arrested on Sunday on charges of attacking police on November 5 last year.
Some of the roadside shops remained open while some owners kept shutters of their shops down fearing vandalism.
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