42 more BNP-Jamaat men sent to jail on surrender

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in the district ordered sending 42 more BNP-Jamaat men to jail rejecting their bail prayers after they surrendered to the court in the case for attack on the motorcade of Asaduzzaman Noor, the then lawmaker of Nilphamari-2 constituency, on December 14 in 2013 .

Of the accused, 34 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists surrendered to the court yesterday noon while the rest Jamaat men to it on Monday, said Court Inspector Sukumar Mohonta.

The BNP activists include Rafiqul Islam, vice president of Laxmichap union unit of the party in Sadar upazila, and Sakimuddin, former president of the same union.

The Jamaat men include prime accused Abu Helal, general secretary of district unit of the party, and Abdul Malek Kazi, ameer of Tupamari union unit of Jamaat.

The attackers on the motorcade of Asaduzzaman Noor, also present lawmaker and minister for cultural affairs, killed four activists of ruling Awami League's front organisation at Ramganj Haat of Tupamari union of Nilphamari Sadar upazila.

The investigation officer of the case, sub inspector Mostafizur Rahman submitted charge sheet in Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court on March 15 accusing the 207 people, all involved with the politics of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami and their front organisations.       

On the night of December 12 in 2013, several thousand BNP-Jamaat activists protesting the execution of war criminal Jamaat's assistant secretary general Abdul Kader Molla attacked the houses of minority Hindu community in several villages of Polashbari and Laxmichap unions in Sadar upazila, mentioned the charge sheet.

Upon arrival from Dhaka on December 14, Asaduzzaman Noor in a motorcade went to visit the houses of affected people and gave them some assistance.

At the time of his returning, several thousand BNP and Jamaat activists attacked his motorcade at Ramganj Haat of Tupamari union under Sadar upazila.

The attackers killed Md Khorshed Alam, president of Tupamari union unit of Krishak League, local Jubo League activists Forhad Hossen and Lebu and Chhatra League activist Murad Hossen.

On the same night, Babul Akhtar, officer in charge (Investigation) of Sadar Police Station, filed a case mentioning names of 14 people and 150 unnamed ones as accused.

Dead bodies of first, second and seventh of the 14 named accused were found in Nilphamari and Bogra districts within a few days.