A group of activists from Chhatra League and Jubo League, both banned outfits, beat up three policemen and vandalised a police vehicle at Bedgram Kheyaghat area in Raghunathpur union of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila on Saturday noon.
The youths used hockey sticks and other local weapons in the attack, which left Gopalganj Sadar Police Station Sub-Inspector Fulmia, and Constables Shawkat and Jashim injured, according to district Police Superintendent Mohammad Habibullah.
The youths launched the attack even after the on-duty policemen allowed their procession to continue without causing any provocation, the police superintendent said.
Police would file a lawsuit over the attack, and are trying to detain the assailants, he added.
A social media video of the incident shows a group of youths marching along with local weapons and chanting slogans like “Joy Bangla” and “Sheikh Hasina Will Return to a Warm Welcome in Bangladesh.”
Hasina, chief of the politics-banned Awami League is currently in a self-exile in India, but there are rumours that she could undertake a daring return journey in December.