DHAKA: Activists of Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir locked into clashes with police in between Moghbazar and Mouchak in city on Tuesday noon (March 8).

Ramna Thana officer-in-charge (OC) Moshiur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.

The OC said, Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a procession there protesting Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty to Jamaat’s top financer Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes.

Later, they threw brick-bats when police obstructed their procession.

‘Police also opened fire to take the situation under control, leaving a Jamaat man shot.’

He was taken to Dhaka Medical Hospital, he added.

BDST: 1349 HRS, MAR 8, 2016
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