A banned faction of the Awami League organized a sudden procession on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the Nimshar area of Mokam Union under Burichong upazila, Cumilla, on Sunday morning at around 7 a.m. According to local sources, the event was arranged under the patronage of Ehetasam ul Hasan Rumi, information and technology secretary of Cumilla South District Awami League, and led by Burichong Upazila Jubo League leader Jalal Uddin. Jalal Uddin stated that about two hundred activists participated in the procession near the western side of Nimshar Bazar.

Reports indicate that Awami League and Jubo League members gathered on the highway early in the morning and later marched through Nimshar and Korpai areas. Abu Naser Munshi, organizational secretary of the upazila BNP, alleged that the Awami League held the procession secretly and said the BNP would discuss the matter with local leaders and question the administration’s inaction. Burichong Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Lutfor Rahman said the activists tried to gather in Korpai but fled when police arrived, and that action is being taken.

The incident has raised questions locally about enforcement of restrictions on banned political activities along the major highway.