A group of youths led by a National Citizen Party leader vandalised the office of the Chattogram north district unit of the Awami League Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place at about 2:00pm on the fourth floor of the Dost Building at the city鈥檚 New Market intersection.
A video of the vandalism, which spread on social media, shows a group of youths vandalising a portrait of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, outside the office.
In the footage, Arif Moinuddin, the joint coordinator of the NCP鈥檚 Chattogram city unit and former convener of the Students Against Discrimination in the city, is seen leading the act.
Arif Moinuddin, responding to 抖阴精品, said, 鈥榃e had information that members of the banned Chhatra League and the Awami League were conducting activities in the office at night. That is why we went there. When we entered after breaking open the door, we found proof of it. Everything was neat and clean inside the office. Tables, chairs, and betel boxes were all arranged in order.鈥�
Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Abdul Karim said, 鈥榃e heard at night that an office at the Dost Building had been vandalised. Until 11:00pm, no one lodged any complaint. We have sent a mobile team to the spot.鈥�
The Dost Building houses offices of at least 41 political organisations, including the Awami League and the BNP.
The building鈥檚 original owner, a Bihari man, left the country during the 1971 Liberation War. Later, different political groups occupied rooms there and now use them as party offices.
In 1991, the Chattogram district administration leased the building to one Zakir Hossain, but he could not take possession due to legal complications.
