At least 13 police members of the Enayetpur Police Station in Sirajganj were killed as miscreants attacked the station today (Sunday)
Rajshahi Range Additional DIG Vijay Basak confirmed the truth of the news. He said at least 13 policemen were killed. We are trying to enter the scene.
However, the identity of the victims could not be known immediately.
Earlier, at least 8 people were killed in a clash between students and the ruling party men and the police during the non-cooperation movement in Sirajganj. Among them, at least 5 people died in Raiganj upazila, 3 people died in Sirajganj city. The death toll may increase in Raiganj.
Raiganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Nahid Hasan Khan said that the news of the death of 5 people in his upazila has been confirmed from hospital sources. He said that one of the dead is a journalist named Pradeep Kumar.
The names of those killed are Upazila Swechasebak League President Mehdi Hasan Elias, General Secretary Al-Amin Sarkar, Brahmagacha Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Golam Charwar Liton and his brother Union Awami League General Secretary Golam Hasnain Tito.
Meanwhile, District BNP General Secretary Saidur Rahman Bachchu has claimed that at least three people have been killed in the clashes that have been going on since morning on Shaheed Sohrawardy (SS Road) in Sirajganj city.
Sirajganj 250-bed Bangmata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital doctor Ratan Kumar said that 14 people have been admitted to this hospital till afternoon. Seven of them with rubber bullet shots. However, the number of casualties has not been confirmed by the police.