Police kept the bombs in BNP office: Fakhrul

Mirza Faklhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP’s Secretary General was barred from going into BNP’s Nayapaltan Central Office this morning.

Biplab Sarkar, joint commissioner (operation) of DMP headquarters, told Fakhrul that BNP leaders threw cocktails at police yesterday in the area, and that BNP office is not safe, it is now "a crime scene", reports UNB.

"No one is allowed to go in until our work is done," he said. As Fakhrul got agitated, Biplab requested, "Please don’t be angry and cooperate with us.”

Fakhrul responded, "Don’t talk like political leaders."

Fakhrul said the BNP office is "their property" and they have the right to go in.

Later, talking to reporters, the BNP leader said, “Despite being the BNP secretary general, I was not allowed to go to my party’s central office. This is my democratic right. What the police officer said about bombs in our office is a blatant lie. They (police) themselves carried the bombs and kept those there.”

He called upon the government to take proper steps so that BNP can hold its rally in a peaceful manner.

Asked where their rally will be held on December 10, Fakhrul said they will inform the media on that at the press conference at 3pm today.