Political tension and violence occurred overnight in Rajshahi, spreading panic among locals from Monday night to Tuesday dawn. Early Tuesday morning, miscreants set fire to an office of the BNP and its associate bodies in Azizpur village under Kolma union of Tanore upazila. The furniture of the office, set up in a single-story building's shop, was burnt in the fire. Fire service personnel rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Naima Khan, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Shib Shankar Basak, and Tanore Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahmudul Hasan visited the spot in the morning. Tanore Police Station OC Mahmudul Hasan stated that miscreants set fire to the office in the late night, and legal action is being processed. On the other hand, Upazila Jubo Dal Member Secretary Motaleb Hossain alleged that leaders and activists of the banned Awami League set fire to the party office to create anarchy.
Meanwhile, around midnight on Monday, a group of people blocked the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway by burning tires in the Abhayer Mor area of the city. Additionally, around 5:30 am on Tuesday, 10 to 12 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League and its associate bodies brought out a flash procession on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj bypass road in the Khorkhori area under Chandrima Police Station in the city. On the same night, two crude bombs or cocktails were exploded on the road in the Chhotobangram area of Chandrima Police Station.
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