BGB has been deployed in Tongi as three folks were killed and a good deal of injured in a bloody conflict between the followers of Tablighi Jamaat’s Maulana Zubayer Ahmed and supporters of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi of India over occupying the Bishwa Ijtema field.
The incident took contrivance round 3am on the new time (18 December), confirmed Deputy Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police Atlutmish.
He said, police rushed to the scene straight after recordsdata of the conflict broke.
The deceased were identified as Aminul Islam Bachchu Mia, 70, is a resident of Egarsindur role of Pakundia police region in Kishoreganj district, Taijul, 65, from Bogura and Belal, 60, of Beraid role of Dakshin Khan, Dhaka.
Apart from, a good deal of of oldsters were injured on each facet. They were rescued and introduced to a quantity of native and Dhaka hospitals.
Undoubtedly one of many deceased was taken to the Dhaka Clinical Faculty Sanatorium the establish extra than 20 amongst the injured were furthermore being treated, said DMCH police outpost responsible Md Faruk.
This day, four platoons of BGB were deployed in Tongi following the conflict, said BGB’s Public Kinfolk Officer Shariful Islam.
As per the government decision, the first segment of the Bishwa Ijtema, organised by Zubair followers, shall be held from 31 January to 2 February subsequent twelve months and the second segment, organised by Saad followers, shall be held from 7 to 9 February.
Essentially based on media coordinators of the 2 teams, there might maybe be an ongoing dispute over whether or no longer Saad’s followers shall be ready to establish a ‘Jor Ijtema’ on the Ijtema ground from 20 to 24 December and circumstances have furthermore been filed.
Essentially based on a pair of native sources, Saad’s supporters started coming into the Ijtema ground round 3am on the new time, after sending an open letter to the followers of Shuray-e-Nezami. Today, Shuray-e-Nezami’s followers, who were already internal the field, blocked them with sticks and hurled brickbats.
Later, Saad’s supporters, who were attempting to enter the field, furthermore attacked them. A giant conflict broke out between the 2 aspects. This resulted in casualties on each facet.
Locals alleged that after the Saad supporters entered the ground, police who were on responsibility on the Ijtema ground moved away and took contrivance on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway, east of the placement.
Media Convener of Jobaer’s followers Habibullah Rahman said, at 2:30am final night time, Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis and a few coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Pupil Motion came to Kakrail Mosque to focus on about learn how to solve the topic of Saad supporters sending open letters and attempting of grasp alter of the Ijtema grounds.
“Quickly after, we bought the tips that Saad supporters from true during the country were staying at Belal Mosque on the western facet of Tongi field and from there. Then, a quantity of hired goons from true during the country and all their original and fashioned followers from different areas armed with spirited weapons entered Tongi Maidan by breaking the gate of the foreign tent,” he claimed.
He said, when the Saad supporters seen they were no longer getting any administrative decision, they attacked the Tablighi followers of Shurai Nezami who were engaged within the preparation work for the Bishwa Ijtema and guarding the Ijtema grounds and were sleeping at roughly 4am.
“Two of our followers were killed,” he added.
On the different hand, influential Saad supporters’ elder Muaz bin Noor said in a video message, “We’re now up to the mark of the Ijtema ground. Undoubtedly one of our brothers has been martyred within the assault by the supporters of Zobayer.”
Noor claims that many Zobayer supporters are being arrested within the Ijtema grounds with knives and spirited weapons.
