An attempt to hold a human chain by a group of shareholders and clients of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited failed yesterday for obstruction allegedly by ruling party men.
They called for the human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday afternoon amid allegation of Islami Bank disbursing Tk 7,246 crore loans to nine companies violating banking rules.
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Bangladesh Bank has begun a probe into Islami Bank.
The organisers of the human chain in a press release claimed that Chhatra League activists snatched their banner during their programme.
Later, the police started charging truncheons on them and Jubo League and Chhatra League activists attacked them.
It claimed several people were injured and had to be hospitalised.
Bayezid Ur Rahman, assistant commissioner of Police, Ramna zone Dhaka, said they did not receive any such compliant. "We also did not hear about any such incident," he said.
