There was no report of any untoward incident during the hartal hours except that the police picked up six pickets from different areas of the city.

All types of vehicles, except for a few motorbikes and rickshaws, remained off-road and the commercial establishments kept their shutters down.

The AL and its front organisations and 14-party combine allies brought out processions from different areas and joined a rally at the court point.

Speakers at the rally alleged that the BNP-Jamaat alliance government is reluctant to ensure the security of a dignitary like the mayor of a city corporation, who enjoys the status of a state minister under the provisions of the country's constitution.

They expressed strong indignation over the government's negligence to provide security to Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, who had been attacked once earlier. The government will be held responsible for any untoward incident, they said.

Kamran, who was present at the rally, said these attacks are a part of a great conspiracy to ruin the main opposition AL.

District AL chief ANM Shafiqul Haque, VP Jahir Chowdhury Sufian, General Secretary Iftekhar Hossain Shamim, National Awami Party (NAP) leader Syed Abdul Hannan and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Advocate Zakir Ahmed spoke at the rally, among others.

Meanwhile, the three persons arrested on Saturday in connection with the grenade attack on Kamran were sent to jail custody yesterday.