Narendra Modi's visit: Massive clashes in Baitul Mukarram area

 

Protesters clashed with police in the Baitul Mukarram Mosque area of ​​the capital Dhaka over the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh.

It is learned that after the Friday prayers, a group of people suddenly started the procession with anti-Modi slogans and clashes broke out when the police obstructed it.

Muhurmuhu police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to control the situation, said the protesters threw stones.

A man is throwing brickbats during a clash in front of Baitul Mukarram on Friday

Several people, including journalists, were injured in the incident.

It is learned that after the Friday prayers, a group of people started chanting slogans and another group of people attacked them from the north side of the mosque.

At that time there was a fight between the two sides and at one stage the anti-Modi people entered the mosque.

Clashes erupted in Baitul Mukarram area on Friday in protest of Modi's visit to Dhaka

However, after a while, they re-organized and tried to counter-attack, then the clash continued for a while.

Meanwhile, the police came and fired tear gas and blank bullets and rubber bullets at the anti-Modi people.

Besides, police and RAB surrounded the mosque area from all sides.

Virtually the whole area turned into a battlefield in clashes from time to time till about three o'clock in the afternoon.

The whole area adjacent to Baitul Mukarram was turned into a battlefield during the clashes.

Law enforcement forces later took control of the situation, but a group of people were seen inside the mosque around 4pm tending to some of the injured.

For the past few days, some Islamist and some left-wing organizations have been holding separate programs in protest of Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka.

Clashes also broke out in Dhaka's Motijheel area on Thursday afternoon.