Gono Odhikar Parishad President and State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Haque Nur has alleged that Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked members of his party in Kushtia with machetes, hockey sticks, knives and cleavers.

The state minister made the allegation in a Facebook post on Saturday evening.

Under the headline “‘Rag-Cutting’ Jamaat-Shibir Has Returned to Its Old Form!”, Nurul Haque Nur wrote, “In Kushtia, Jamaat-Shibir terrorists repeatedly attacked the activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad during a peaceful protest rally, carrying machetes, hockey sticks, knives and cleavers.”

He claimed that around 50 party activists were seriously injured in the attack, including Kushtia district Gono Odhikar Parishad General Secretary Abdul Khaleque and Sohan Ahmed, president of the Kushtia Government College unit of the Chhatra Odhikar Parishad.

Condemning the alleged attack, Nurul Haque Nur said, “I strongly condemn and protest this terrorist attack by Jamaat-Shibir. At the same time, I want to remind Jamaat-Shibir that just as you remained in hiding for the past one and a half decades, if you go too far, arrangements will be made for you to remain in hiding for the rest of your lives.”

He also attached photographs showing the bloodied legs of one of his party’s leaders and another individual to the post.