Four people killed in Bangladesh during protests against visit of India’s Modi

Activists of the Hifazat-e Islam group clash with police (foreground) in Chittagong on March 26, 2021 during a demonstration against Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh. (AFP)

Activists from Islamist groups clash with the police as they protest against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka on March 26, 2021. (AFP)

Police take cover as activists from Islamist groups clash with police during a protest against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka on March 26, 2021. (AFP)

• Modi arrived in the capital Dhaka for a visit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence
• Protests also flared in the capital Dhaka, where dozens of people, including two journalists, were injured in clashes with police

COX’S BAZAR: At least four people were killed in the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong on Friday after police fired at protesters during a demonstration against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police officials said.
“We had to fire teargas and rubber bullets to disperse them as they entered a police station and carried out extensive vandalism,” Rafiqul Islam, the police official told Reuters, referring to protesters.
Modi arrived in the capital Dhaka for a two-day visit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence.
The protesters in Chittagong were from the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, an Islamist group opposed to the visit of Modi, who critics say has been pushing a Hindu-first agenda in India.
Mohammad Alauddin, another police official in Chittagong, said that eight people were brought to a hospital in the city with gunshot wounds, of which four succumbed to their injuries
Protests also flared in the capital Dhaka, where dozens of people, including two journalists, were injured in clashes with police, witnesses said.