<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Four cases have been filed over the clash between police and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Kazir Dewri area of Chattogram.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Zahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali police station, said they filed the cases&nbsp; at the police station in the early hours of Tuesday against Metropolitan BNP convenor Shahadat Hossain, member secretary Abul Hashem, 90 others named and 500 unidentified people.</div><div><br></div><div>“After detaining 20 people during the clash, 16 people were shown arrested. Although drives were conducted at various places last night, no one was arrested,” said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>These cases were filed under&nbsp; the Anti-Terrorism Act on charges of using explosives, attacking police and torching a motorcycle.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, BNP's Chattogram unit arranged a protest rally in front of the party office at Nasiman Bhaban on Monday to press home its 10-point demand and to protest electricity price hike.</div><div><br></div><div>When BNP leaders and activists were going to join the rally around 3:30pm, police charged batons to disperse them, triggering the clash, said Idris Ali, former organising secretary of Chattogram unit BNP.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 7-8 BNP activists were injured as charged batons&nbsp; and fired shots, said the BNP leader.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Mostafizur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (South), said that police made arrangements for a peaceful rally but the BNP men attacked the police, leaving 5 policemen injured, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP activists also set a police motorcycle on fire and vandalised several shops in the area during the clash, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>