Bombs, Arms Recovered from Near Office
25 Habiganj BNP men sued
Police has filed a case against 25 BNP men in connection with recovery of bombs and arms from near Habiganj district BNP office Wednesday night.
The accused include Dr Ahmedur Rahman Abdal, district unit president of Doctors Association of Bangladesh, a pro-BNP organisation, JCD leader Mahbubul Alam Manna and Jubo Dal activists Abdul Maleque and Muhibur Rahman.
Manna, Muhibur and Maleque were caught on Wednesday night when police recovered five bombs, two cocktails, a billhook, two daggers and one bottle of petrol from near Habiganj district BNP office.
Police said some BNP and Jubo Dal men were preparing to hurl bombs on a procession brought out by a faction of local BNP on Wednesday night. As the procession was passing by the BNP office in Muslim Quarter area, three young men tried to flee sensing presence of police.
However, police caught them and seized a bag containing five bombs and two cocktails, which was left by them, police said. Later police recovered a billhook, two daggers and one bottle of petrol from a nearby place.
"Men of the BNP faction led by the former lawmaker Sheikh Sujat Miah attempted to attack the procession of their intra-party rivals on Wednesday night," Habiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nirmal Chakravarty said.
Earlier on Tuesday, rival factions led by former lawmaker Sheikh Sujat Miah and district BNP General Secretary and Habiganj pourasava Chairman GK Gous brought out separate processions in the town.
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