Arrest warrants against 30 Jamaat-Shibir men

A Dinajpur court yesterday issued arrest warrants against 30 Jamaat-Shibir men for skipping court hearing in a case for torching a polling centre in Ghoraghat upazila during the parliamentary elections on January 5, 2014.

Judge Md Waliul Islam of the Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court passed the order in the afternoon as they have been skipping the court for long.

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According to the case statement, the accused set afire a polling centre at Maglishpur Government Primary School in the upazila during the election. They also exploded several crude bombs to create panic among the voters.

Later, a case was filed with Ghoraghat Police Station accusing 200 unidentified people.

After investigation, police submitted charge-sheet against 40 Jamaat-Shibir men in this connection, on April 22 last year.

Of the 40 accused, only 10 appeared before the court yesterday while the rest continued dodging the court since the charges pressed against them, said Azizur Rahman, assistant public prosecutor of Dinajpur court.

Yesterday, 10 accused of the case--Saidur Rahman, 40, Alam Hossain, 25, Humayun Kabir, 25, Sazzad Hossain, 30, Liakat Ali, 28, Monwar Hossain, 40, Shafiqul Islam, 25, Sabu Mia, 24, Sirajul Islam, 42, and Shafikul Islam, 30,--appeared before the court seeking bail.

After hearing, the court rejected their bail prayer and sent them to the jail, Officer-in-Charge Nuruzzaman Chowdhury of Ghoraghat Police Station said.