Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- Four supporters of BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury have been expelled for blocking highways and resorting to violence over his failure to get the BNP nomination for the Chattogram-4 (Sitakunda) constituency.

The information was provided in a press statement signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday.

The expelled are Sitakunda Upazila Swecchasebak Dal president Alauddin Moni, the BNP affiliate's general secretary Helal Uddin Babar, its Sitakunda municipal convener Mamun, and Sonaichhari Union Jubo Dal general secretary Momin Uddin Mintu.

The statement said that on Monday evening a rally was held in Sitakunda in the areas of Kadamrasul, Bhatiari Bazar, and Jalil Gate on the Dhaka-Chattogram hig...