Barguna Sadar Correspondent

Leaders and activists of the banned student organization Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly carried out a series of disruptions across Barguna district late Monday night, locking multiple government offices, educational institutions, and union parishad buildings while setting fire to a municipal vehicle.

The coordinated incidents occurred late on Monday night across Betagi, Patharghata, and Bamna upazilas. According to local sources, BCL activists locked the gates of the Betagi Upazila Parishad building and subsequently set fire to a Betagi Municipality truck parked in front of the municipal office.

The vandalism extended across Betagi upazila, where main entrances were locked at Betagi Government College, Bibichini School and College, Putiakhali Adarsha Secondary School, Hosnabad Adarsha Secondary School, Hosnabad Union Parishad, Mokamia Secondary School, Mokamia Union Parishad, Kaunia Emdadia Secondary School, and Jamir Uddin Secondary School. Posters bearing the name of Betagi Upazila BCL General Secretary Sifat Sikder were reportedly pasted on the padlocked gates.

Simultaneously, tree trunks were placed across the Barguna-Barishal regional highway at the Chandkhali Bypass area to obstruct vehicular movement. In Patharghata upazila, suspected BCL activists locked Patharghata Government College at midnight and hung a banner belonging to the banned organization on the Shaheed Minar premises inside the upazila parishad complex. In Bamna upazila, the main gate of Ramna Sher-e-Bangla Adarsha Secondary School was similarly padlocked.

The widespread incidents of arson, road blockades, and padlocking of public institutions within a single night have triggered serious safety concerns among local residents.