The National Citizen Party (NCP) held a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, demanding the arrest and punishment of those involved in an attack on the party’s chief coordinator, Nasiruddin Patwari, in Jhenaidah. The demonstration, led by NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, featured slogans calling for justice and immediate action against the attackers.

NCP convener and opposition chief whip Nahid Islam shared a video of the incident on Facebook, alleging that BNP-linked assailants carried out the attack in the presence of police. He condemned the assault and urged authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. Asif Mahmud also criticized what he described as a return of politically motivated violence, warning that failure to arrest the attackers could force the party to take alternative measures.

Several NCP leaders, including MP Hasnat Abdullah and northern regional organizer Sarjis Alam, claimed on social media that BNP and student wing activists were responsible for the assault, which left several people injured and hospitalized.