<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Additional Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) Harun-or-Rashid has said that some BNP activists attacked police in front of the Judges' Residence Complex in Dhaka’s Kakrail earlier today.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Some policemen were injured. Furthermore, they carried out an attack, vandalised and set some vehicles on fire in front of IDB Bhaban at Kakrail,” he said while talking with reporters in front of Kakrail Church.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, BGB members are deployed at Kakrail Church crossing.</div><div><br></div><div>He said police have video footage of the incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will identify those involved and take appropriate action,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP activists who were engaged in violence escaped the scene, and the situation is now under control, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, a chase and counter-chase between police and BNP leaders, activists occurred in Dhaka’s Kakrail area.</div><div><br></div><div>Witnesses said leaders and activists of BNP brought out a procession in the Kakrail area and started going towards InterContinental hotel around 1 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage, police obstructed them, and BNP leaders, activists started throwing brick chips at the law enforcers.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, police fired rubber bullets, used sound grenades and tear gas shells to disperse them.</div><div><br></div><div>The grand rally of BNP has begun in front of its Nayapaltan central office with the participation of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies to press home their one-point demand for holding the upcoming national election under a non-party government. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>