BNP today blamed Awami League local lawmaker Hasan Mahmud for carrying out attack on the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Rangamati.

“We believe that Awami League local lawmaker Hasan Mahmud with his armed men attacked Fakhrul,” BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleged.

He was addressing a human chain formed by Dhaka South unit of BNP in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka this noon.

The motorcade of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came under attack in Ichhakhali Bazar area when the BNP leader was going to visit the landslide victims in Rangamati on Sunday.

At least seven BNP leaders, including the party secretary general, were hurt and their five vehicles vandalised.

After the incident, BNP leaders blamed Awami League’s publicity secretary Hasan Mahmud for the attack.

Refuting the allegation, Hasan Mahmud said local people attacked the motorcade as the motorcade hit two people on their way to Rangamati.