Patuakhali BCL leader held for threatening, beating local men

Police this morning arrested a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila on charges of threatening and attacking locals.

The arrestee is Ashiqur Rahman Ujjwal, general secretary of Upazila BCL unit, reports our correspondent quoting Ali Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Rangabali Police Station.

He was sent to the Galachipa Judicial Magistrate's Court following arrest, the OC said.

On April 25, Ujjwal along with several others went to the house of local fisherman Sudeb Mandol and called him and his brother-in-law Dhiren Mandol to go out, the OC said quoting Sudeb's father Suren Mandol.

They then took the duo to Buragourango river side. Ujjwal and his men beat them up and threatened them to not fish in Sonarchar area under the upazila ever again, the OC said.

They also beat Biswajit Majumder, who used to fish with Sudeb in the area.

Suren Mandol filed a case in this regard with Rangabali Police Station on April 29 against five people including the BCL leader.

Contacted, Rangabali Upazila BCL President Kamruzzaman Shibli said, "BCL will not take responsibility for individual crimes." He demanded exemplary punishment for the real culprits involved in the incident.