Hartal called off, dist AL suspends all 22 accused party men

Slain Awami League (AL) leader Iqbal Azad's supporters who called a half-day hartal in Sarail upazila yesterday, withdrew it on Tuesday night.
Azad's family members decided to withdraw the programme considering the ongoing Durga Puja and upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, locals said.
Villagers were informed of the decision to call off the hartal through loud speakers in different areas at about 11pm.
Earlier, the supporters of Iqbal Azad on Tuesday called the hartal, demanding arrest of his killers.
They announced the hartal programme after Azad's namaj-e-janaza was held at Kuttapara playground in the afternoon.
AKM Iqbal Azad, vice president of Sarail upazila unit AL, was killed in an attack allegedly by his rivals in tempo stand area in the upazila on Sunday.
The attackers dragged him out of his car and stabbed him with sharp weapons when he was coming to Sarail upazila town from Kuttapara village.
The incident sparked waves of protests in the upazila.
Meanwhile, advocate Md Ashraf Uddin Manto, joint convener of Sarail upazila Jubo League, yesterday said they urged the authorities concerned to close officer in-charge (OC) of Sarail PS Md Gias Uddin soon as he is yet to arrest the killers.
On the other hand, district AL committee in an urgent meeting presided by its acting president Advocate Emdadul Bari, suspended 22 Sarail AL leaders who were accused in the Azad murder case.
Contacted, Md Helal Uddin, senior vice-president of district AL, said they have also sent a letter to the central committee to expel all the 22 accused AL leaders and activists from different posts of Sarail upazila AL and other party organisations.
The suspended leaders include Sarail upazila AL president M A Halim, general secretary Rafique Uddin Takhur and organising secretary Md Mahfuz Ali.

 

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Diesel price: LDF, BJP hartal hits normal life

Diesel price: LDF, BJP hartal hits normal life in Kerala The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by LDF and BJP to protest hike in diesel prices and curtail LPG subsidy hit normal life across Kerala. Reports from different districts said the hartal crippled mobility of people as public modes of transport kept off the roads and shops and hotels remained closed. There was no disruption of rail traffic. However, passengers who came by long-distance trains were caught unawares in many places as they found it difficult to get taxis or autorickshawas for their onward journeys. Police said no violence had been reported from anywhere.

Pro-left unions in transport sector has extended support to the protest. The state Human Rights Commission has warned the hartal supporters that cases would taken against them if they indulged in violence or attempted to forcibly close shops or caused damage to properties.

The hartal call was given separately by the LDF and the BJP.