Vicious acts of Allar Dal trigger protest
Villagers hold procession, rally
Locals bring out a procession at Kuptola Union under Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district yesterday protesting vicious acts of banned Islamist outfit Allar Dal in their union and in some other areas of Sadar upazila. Photo: STAR
People of four unions under Gaibandha Sadar and Sadullapur upazilas are deeply concerned at the activities of banned Islamist outfit Allar Dal in their areas. Hundreds of people of Kuptola, Laxmipur unions under Sader upazila, and Kamarpara, Bongram unions under Sadullapur upazila, yesterday brought out a joint procession against the growing activities of Allar Dal in the unions. The processionists paraded different villages and later held a rally at Kuptola Islamia Primary School ground with Imam Hafez Khanjahan Ali in the chair. Addressing the rally, the speakers said the cadres of the banned outfit, led by Mizan, Hamiruddin, Alamgir, Jahedul Islam, are active in Durgapur, Kismat Bagchi, Keshalidanga and Hiali areas in Sadullapur upazila and holding secret meeting regularly. They said after arrest of two militants--Mukul Mondol and Hazat Ali--at Kismat Bagchi village under Sadullapur upazila on May 26, Allar Dal cadres threatened local teachers Rezaul Karim, Shamsul Huq, Nurul Haq, and former UP member Bablu Sarder with death, as they, Allar Dal, said helped police arrest its two cadres. The speakers urged the law enforcers to immediately launch drives against Allar Dal activists in those areas and arrest the cadres of the outfit. Allar Dal militants clashed with the villagers of Kismat Bagchi on the night of May 26 as they (villagers) prevented them from holding a meeting at a house at the village. Locals encircled the house and informed the police who arrested Mukul Mondol and Hazrat Ali. The law enforcers later arrested two more militants--Md Jul Hossain and Zakir Hossain Angur at Puran Laxmipur village under Sadullapur upazila. Demanding arrest and trial of the Allar Dal militants, people of Kishmat Bagchi and Hiali villages took out a procession at Sadaullapur upazila headquarters on May 30 and urged the UNO and local police administration to bring the activists of the banned outfit to book. Contacted, the officer-in-charge of Sadullapur Police Station said drive against the Allar Dal activists is going on in different areas of the upazila.
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