Seven held for 'planning subversive activities'

Seven people were arrested by the Detective Branch of police early yesterday and the night before from different places in Dumuria upazila of Khulna in connection with a case filed against them for “planning subversive activities” in 2015.

Akkach Ali, officer-in-charge of DB, Khulna, told The Daily Star that on information, police raided places in the upazila to arrest the seven after a case was filed against them with Phultala Police Station.

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Contacted, Subash Chandra Roy, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said the arrestees are Abdur Rahim Sheikh of Angordoha, Shamsur Rahman Gazi and Abdul Karim Dheikh of Khornia, Rawshan Ali Mallic, Abu Bakkar Sarder, Sahajahan Sarder and Jahan Ali Biswas of Ranai in Dumuria. All arrestees are between the ages of 65-75.

They were sent to the DB office in Khulna, he added.

Seeking anonymity, an official of Khulna DB said all seven arrested are also accused in a separate war crime case in Khulna filed against eleven people.

These seven men were members of the Razakar Bahini in 1971 and were involved in crimes against humanity in Phultala and Dumuria during the Liberation War, the official added.