location: Maulvibazar
notes: On 17 January, BCL men put up barricade on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Maulvibazar area in Sylhet, leaving a huge number of vehicles stranded on both sides of the road. To control the situation, police charged baton and fired 30 rounds of short gun bullets and arrested 21 people from the spot.
target_text: location: Maulvibazar, fatalities: 0