The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has issued show-cause notices to five of its leaders in Khulna following allegations of harassment against Dr. Rafiqul Haque Babul, president of the Doctors’ Association of Bangladesh (DAB) Khulna district unit. The incident occurred at the BNSB Eye Hospital in Khulna, where a group reportedly disrupted the hospital’s trustee board. The notices were delivered on Sunday by the Khulna Metropolitan BNP, instructing the accused leaders to provide written explanations before the party’s monitoring cell by April 22.

The accused include Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Mir Kaysed Ali, Abu Sayeed Hawlader Abbas, Molla Sohag Hossain, and Sheikh Iqbal Hossain. The dispute began on April 13 when Khulna-5 MP and former city BNP convener Ali Asgar Lobi visited the hospital. During the visit, accompanying BNP leaders allegedly verbally abused and attempted to assault Dr. Babul, pressuring him to resign. Lobi then dissolved the trustee board and declared himself chairman.

In protest, Khulna physicians held a human chain on April 18 demanding disciplinary action against those involved, reinstatement of Dr. Babul as trustee board chairman, and an end to political interference in hospital affairs.