Section-144 issued centring two BNP factions’ counter programmes in Joypurhat
The section-144 will be in place from Thursday's 12pm to 12am (midnight)
Local administration has imposed section-144 in Akkelpur municipality of Joypurhat to maintain law and order centring the counter-programmes announced by two BNP factions.
Akkelpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Manjurul Alam said all kinds of rallies, gatherings, processions, use of sound systems and motorbikes at Rajakanda Government Primary School and a one kilometre area surrounding the school have been banned as both the groups fixed the same venue to hold their programmes at the same time.
The section-144 will be in place from Thursday's 12pm to 12am (midnight) and police and army personnel remain vigilant, he said.
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Prompt legal actions will be taken if anyone tries to violate section-144, the UNO said.
Locals said there had long been a dispute between two groups led by former lawmaker Engineer Golam Mostafa and Rajshahi divisional assistant organising secretary AHM Obaidul Rahman Chandan over the formation of upazila unit committee.
