At least 10 people were injured as a group of leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday attacked shopkeepers of Bikrampur Garden City in Old Dhaka鈥檚 Islampur allegedly area demanding toll.
The injured people include Bikrampur Garden City Market Committee president Babul Hossain Babu. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
The shopkeepers at the market alleged that a group of local BNP leaders had earlier demanded Tk 10 lakh in toll to Babul Hossain Babu and he refused to pay the money.
Later, the BNP activists assaulted Babul in Islampur area when they found him alone.
Later at about 5:00pm on Wednesday, about 200 BNP supporters, armed with knives, machetes, and other locally made weapons, stormed into Bikrampur Garden City and launched an attack on the market.
In response, shop owners from Patuatuli, Islampur, and Sadarghat areas took to the streets to protest against the attack.
The shop owners claimed that at least 10 of the shop owners and staff were injured in the attack.
They alleged that local BNP leaders Sohrab Hossain and Nur Hossain led the attack.
Kotwali Police Station officer-in-charge Md Enamul Hasan said that Nur Hossain and his accomplices assaulted market committee president Babul Hossain Babu.
鈥楾he attackers may be connected to Chhatra Dal or similar groups,鈥� he said and added that they detained three people for their suspected involvement in the attack.
Neither Sohrab Hossain nor Nur Hossain could be reached for comments over telephone.
