Swechchhasebok League leader sent to jail

Swechchhasebok League leader Abul Bashar, arrested on charge of assaulting a cop at Dumki Police Station on Saturday, was sent to jail on Sunday.

Abdul Awal, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the police station filed a case with the police station on Saturday night, accusing Abul Basar, said Officer-in-Charge Habibur Rahman of the police station.

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Police produced Bashar in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court that sent him to jail.

Bashar, general secretary of Swechchhasebok League Mirzaganj upazila unit in the district, recently purchased a piece of land in Jalisha area under Dumki upazila and started building a house on it.

As a local man filed a complaint with the police station, claiming the ownership of the land, police asked Bashar to show documents relating to the purchase of the land.

At around 11:00am on Saturday, Bashar came to the police station and asked police why they had called him there.

At one stage, Bashar became angry and physically assaulted duty officer Abdul Awal, an assistant sub-inspector of the police station.

Immediately after the incident, police arrested Bashar on charge of assaulting the policeman.