// Shamsul Basunia //
In Chittagong Basnskhali under Bangladesh, the protestors along with the agitators faced bloody clashes with supporters of coal-fired power plant that left over 4 people dead and 19 others wounded. 11 policemen were also wounded to the incident that occurred at afternoon on Monday, April 4, 2016.
Chittagong’s
Additional Superintendent of Police (South) Habibur Rahman said four men
identified as Mortuja Ali, Anwar Hossain alias Ankur Ali, Jakir Ahmed, and Md
Jaker. The injured policemen included Banshkhali police OC Swapan Kumar
Majumder.Rahman said, Police were attacked when they tried to disperse the
warring groups. They opened fire in self-defense.
Locals
said the 1320-megawatt coal-based thermal power plant is being jointly built by
the S Alam Group and a Chinese company. The land acquisition process for the
plant is now underway.
Locals have been protesting against the
plant, alleging that S Alam Group was acquiring the lands forcibly without any
rehabilitation scheme for the residents of the area.
They claim that salt and shrimp farmers
of Gondamara Union will go jobless once the power plant is up and running.
The district's deputy commissioner has
formed a one-man committee to investigate the clashes. Tense is prevailing in the
area. Fearing violence, the Upazila administration issued Section 144, barring
all gatherings in the area, ASP Emran Bhuiyan confirmed the news.
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