2,500 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists have been sued by the police in five cases filed in connection with the clash between BNP activists and police in the capital's Nayapaltan area on Wednesday.
In the cases, 885 names have been mentioned. Around 470 people including top BNP leaders have been named in the case filed with Paltan Police Station under the explosive act.
Besides, another 2000 unnamed BNP men have been made accused in the case, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) Faruq Hossain.
In the case filed with Shahjahanpur police station, 250 BNP activists, mentioning 52 names, were made accused and another case was filed with Motijheel police station against 28 more activists of the party.
A total of 335 BNP men were named in another two cases filed with Ramna Police Station over Wednesday's clash with police, Bayzidur Rahman, assistant commissioner of Ramna zone told the media.
Meanwhile, a total of 480 BNP men were arrested till now over the three cases, DMP Media Center said.
DMP said that a total of 47 police got injured in yesterday's clash.
Amid political tensions brewing ahead of the BNP's 10 December Dhaka rally, police and BNP activists clashed in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters in the capital on Wednesday.
