Arrest of Jubo League Leader
Ruling party activists attack police station in Rangpur
Jubo League and Awami League (AL) leaders and activists of Kounia upazila attacked and damaged Kounia police station on Friday night after police arrested a Jubo League leader in connection with a rape case.
Police said they arrested Yousuf Ali, joint convener of Jubo League Kounia upazila, from Kounia bus terminal area at about 10:30 pm on Friday and sent him to Rangpur Kotwali police station immediately to avoid any repercussion at Kounia.
Eyewitnesses said Awami League secretary of Kounia upazila unit Abdul Hannan, president of Krishak League of Kounia upazila unit Abdul Hakim Sarder, president of Bangladesh Chhatra League of the upazila unit Firoz Sarker and Jubo League convener Habibur Rahman along with a number of Awami League and Jubo League leaders and activists went to Kounia police station at about 11:00 pm and asked the officer-in-charge (OC) to release Yousuf Ali.
As police refused to comply with their request, they came out of OC's chamber and went on rampage at the police station, they said.
Bullet Miah, son of Awami League convener of Kounia upazila unit Abdul Hakim Sarder and his associates allegedly kidnapped a girl of village Ramchandrapur under Sadar upazila of Gaibandha from the Teesta railway bridge area on May 19, confined her to a house and raped her for days.
After 10 days she escaped from the house and went to Kounia police station on May 31. She lodged a case against Bullet Miah and his accomplices including Yousuf Ali.
Bullet and his accomplices are absconding since May 31, police said.
Contacted, superintendent of police (SP) Saleh Mohammad Tanvir said, some unruly Jubo League and Awami League activists besieged Kounia police station and threw brickbats on windows and doors on Friday night.
Additional police force from Rangpur district headquarters have been deployed around Kounia police station.
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