Bangladesh: Police raids BNP chief Khaleda Zia's office

Police conducted search operation at the main Opposition party BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office for two hours today.

Police claimed that it raided the office in search of provocative leaflets and papers against the present government.

Police said they conducted raids after getting search warrant from court.

Meanwhile, BNP alleged that the police conducted the operation to cause "mental disturbance" to the party chairperson over an unidentified GD (general diary).

The raids were conducted at around 7:30 am for two hours, but police said they did not find "any materials".

Gulshan Police Station Officer-in-Charge, Abu Bakar Siddique said, "We have the instruction of the court to investigate whether there is any anti-state documents in the office."

Police officials, who participated in the operation, said that they got news that a truck of books have been piled up at Khaleda Zia's office two days ago.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's room is on the second floor of this office.

There were no BNP leaders present at the office during the drive. The BNP's senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi condemned the police's search operation.