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A man was killed and at least 20 others were injured after a clash erupted between police and BNP men in front of the party's central office in the capital's Nayapaltan this afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Mokbul Hossain, 40.
Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, confirmed that the man died at the hospital. The body bore pellet injuries, he added.
BNP men alleged that the police members attacked them around 3:00pm as they were gathering centring their December 10 rally.
Witnesses said the law enforcers fired teargas shells, short gun pellets to disperse the BNP men while the party activists and supporters retaliated by hurling brick chips.
Of the injured, at least 10 persons sustained pellet injuries and were rushed to nearby by private hospitals, a senior correspondent of The Daily Star reported from the spot.
Police also picked up several persons.
Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the police opened fire on the peaceful gathering.
"It is a planned attack on the BNP leaders and activists. Police attacked following the instruction of the top officials of the government," he alleged.
He said many of the party men were injured.