A Narayanganj BNP leader and his followers on the modern time (13 December) beat up a bus driver and vandalised the automobile after the motive force allegedly misbehaved with him.
They moreover beat up a passenger when he protested in opposition to the vandalism.
The incident took region in the Sanarpar region of Siddhirgaj at around 12pm.
The bus driver used to be identified as Noyon, who drives an Asean AC bus on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route. He used to be given scientific therapy at a local sanatorium.
Speaking to The Enterprise Frequent, the BNP leader, Iqbal Hossain, old councillor of Ward-2 of Narayanganj City Corporation and overall secretary of Siddhirganj BNP unit, admitted to the allegations.
“The motive force misbehaved. As soon as I requested him to power well, he suggested me, ‘Come, you power’. Then I suggested him that I’d steal care of his perspective after we reached the Signboard region. He then suggested me that many folks manufacture such empty threats,” Iqbal suggested TBS over the phone.
“And did he [Noyon] apologise? I first thought of making him withhold his ears and let him race. But the public would now not take into accout that,” he added.
Nonetheless, Iqbal mentioned his supporters beat up the passenger, identified as Minhaz Aman who’s a cybersecurity researcher and truth checker, “by mistake” and that he has apologised to the victim for this.
Driver Noyon alleged he used to be overwhelmed up and the bus used to be vandalised on yarn of he talked to the BNP leader “in a loud explain”.
Noyon mentioned, “We were coming from Gulistan after we confronted heavy site site visitors congestion in the Saidabad region. A motorcycle all accurate now got right here in entrance of the bus and I used to be compelled to entire a exhausting brake which jolted the passengers. At this point, the BNP leader mentioned, ‘How are you riding the bus?’ and we got into an argument over it. He threatened to beat me up.
“When the bus reached Sanarpar, 25-30 of us vandalised the bus and beat me mercilessly. They hit me on the pinnacle. My head got decrease from shards of glass from broken windows. He let me race after I apologised. I even have suggested the owner of the bus. I might stay regardless of they establish a question to me to.”
Meanwhile, passenger Mihaz mentioned he used to be overwhelmed up when he requested the BNP males to now not vandalise the bus.
“The BNP leader used to be offended on the bus driver over his behaviour. After they were vandalising the bus at Sanarpar, I suggested them it used to be now not valid. Listening to this, the BNP leader’s supporters grabbed me by the throat and beat me,” he mentioned.
Minhaz mentioned when he talked to the BNP leader over this, Iqbal spoke back, “Elevate out regardless of you might to me. Hiss the BNP excessive relate that my determine is Iqbal, secretary of Siddhirganj BNP.”
In an apparent show of boasting, Iqbal moreover gave his visiting card, which small print his political id as a BNP leader and phone files, to driver Noyon sooner than he left the region along with his followers.
Reached for commentary, Fateh Md Reza Ripon, one amongst the owners of the bus company and a Narayanganj city BNP leader, mentioned he used to be now not suggested of the topic.
Speaking on situation of anonymity, alternatively, one more owner of the corporate mentioned, “We will variety out the topic amongst ourselves.”
Contacted over the topic, Siddhirganj Police Space Officer-in-Price Shahinur Alam mentioned, “The topic has advance to our consideration through journalists and social media posts. We are succesful of steal action if a criticism is filed.”
