The National Citizen Party, or NCP, filed a case against 11 people, including Habiganj district Chhatra Dal president Rajib Ahmed Ringon, over an alleged attack. District Jubo Shakti convener Tanmoy Taher filed the case at Kamaischhara Police Outpost in Bahubal upazila at about 8:45pm on Wednesday, naming Ringon as the principal accused.

Earlier, NCP convener Nahid Islam, chief coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary, northern region chief organiser Sarjis Alam, Dr Mahmuda Mitu and other central leaders set out from Moulvibazar to join a protest rally in Habiganj. Their convoy was stopped by police in Musai and later by a joint police, RAB and DB barricade near Kamaischhara Rubber Garden.

A sand-laden truck and a passenger bus were positioned across the old Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Amtali Bridge, disrupting traffic from 5pm. After discussions, senior officials persuaded the leaders not to enter Habiganj. Patwary alleged that Sarjis Alam and other activists were injured and claimed losses of about Tk30 lakh. Traffic began returning to normal after 9pm.