It is learned that 65 offices of BNP’s 80 organizational districts are apparently closed. Party leaders said there is no option to keep party offices open as leaders active at the central, district and union levels have gone into hiding fearing arrest.
BNP’s Chattogram city office is located at Naseeman Bhawan in Kazir Deori. It is closed from 28th October. It was opened once on 14 December to celebrate Martyrs Intellectuals Day and was closed thereafter.
BNP leader Idris Ali, who is in-charge of the Chattogram city office, told that Prothom Alo police are making home arrests of party leaders and workers without warrants, and for this reason, party leaders and workers are not allowed to follow Patri programs. Are strategic for.
However, Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s additional deputy commissioner (media and public relations) Spina Rani Pramanik claimed that the police were not harassing anyone except those facing trial.
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