GAZIPUR: Local administration on Friday imposed Section 144 in Bhawal Badre Alam Government College ground for an indefinite period banning any kind of gathering there.

The ban came to effect at 2:00pm on the day and it will remain active until further instruction.

No party will be allowed to hold rally, demonstration and mass gathering in the afore-mentioned area, said Harunur Rashid, the superintendent of police (SP) of Gazipur confirmed the matter to banglanews.

In reply to a query ‘whether Khaleda Zia will be allowed to hold rally other venue in Gazipur’, the SP said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Awami League’s student wing Chhatra League have separately called rallies on the college ground at the same time – 3:00pn on Saturday on separate demands, raising tension in the area.

During a visit to Bhawal Badre Alam Government College ground at 2:00pm, he said that for maintaining law and order, Khaleda Zia would not be allowed to hold rally not only at the venue but also other places of the district.

The decision came hours after the district’s law and disciplinary committee held an internal-meeting at the Circuit House at 11:00am to fix the necessary action and whether a ban would be imposed there.

BDST: 1438 HRS, DEC 26, 2014