Gono Odhikar Parishad had no role in Jatiya Party HQ attack: Rashed

The Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) has denied any involvement in the attack and arson at the Jatiya Party's central office in Dhaka’s Kakrail. Responding to the Jatiya Party's allegations implicating the GOP in the attack, the party's General Secretary Rashed Khan said they had "no connection" to Friday's incident. "We successfully concluded a programme at Shahbagh to protest the attack on [GOP President Nurul Haque] Nur [on Friday]. Many of us had returned to the party office after the event. We don’t know who later went to the Jatiya Party office," he told reporters on Saturday after visiting the party chief at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Responding to Jatiya Party General Secretary Shamim Haider Patwary's accusation that GOP members...