Police foil Jamaat attempt to hold gayebana janaza for Sayeedi

Police foil Jamaat attempt to hold gayebana janaza for Sayeedi

Police foiled Jamaat-e-Islami effort to hold a gayebana janaza for convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayeedi after Zohr prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city today.
When Jamaat and Shibir activists were trying to gather in front of Baitul Mokaram Nation Mosque, police dispersed them. The Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked police with brickbats that triggered a chase and counter-chase in the area.
Deputy Commissioner of Motijheel Division Police Hayatul Islam Khan told media that the unruly Jamaat-Shibir activists launched attack on police and hurled brickbats. Police charged batons to disperse them, he added.
Police detained 10-12 Jamaat-Shibir activists from the spot.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq said Jamaat-e-Islami was not given permission to hold ghayebana janaza of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi as Jamaat-Shibir activists launched attacks on police, vandalized police vehicles over the transportation of Sayeedi body to Pirojpur last night.