Witness attacked at Bagerhat court compound
A gang allegedly belonging to the ruling BNP assaulted a prosecution witness in a local union parishad (UP) chairman murder case at Bagerhat court compound on Saturday as he refused back down from testifying.
The seven some attacked Fakir Mujibur Rahman, a witness in the Awami League leader and Bainhat UP Chairman Sardar Habibur Rahman murder case, with iron rods and sticks when he went to the court in the afternoon to deliver his statement.
Seriously injured Mujib, son of Ismail Fakir of Kumlai village in Rampal upazila, was admitted to Barisal Sadar Hospital.
According to a FIR (first information report) lodged with Bagerhat Sadar Police Station, Mujib alleged that some armed BNP cadres tried to abduct him from the court premises and beat him up as the kidnap bid was foiled.
Police said the miscreants were accused in the murder case.
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