Police raided BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia`s Gulshan political office last night, claimed the party.
A police team led by Mazharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station, entered the office around 10:40pm and conducted a search, said Shamsuddin Didar, an official of the BNP chairperson`s press wing.
In a press statement, Shamsuddin also claimed that police took away a wreath which was supposed to be used for paying homage to martyred intellectuals. The policemen asked them not to go to the office today; otherwise they would be arrested, he claimed.
During their 15-minute raid, police took footage of different rooms of the office, the statement said.
The statement said the BNP was supposed to go to the Martyred Intellectuals` Memorial in Mirpur from the BNP chairperson office to pay homage to the martyrs.
Contacted, OC Mazharul claimed that a police team went there to see the what BNP activists were doing there.
He said they did not bring anything from the office or did not threaten anybody.
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