47 Jamaat-Shibir men in Khulna chargesheeted
Seven Shibir activists remanded in Joypurhat
Forty-seven Jamaat-Shibir men were chargesheeted in a case for attacking police in Khulna city on June 30 this year while seven Chhatra Shibir activists, arrested on Friday in Joypurhat, taken on remand yesterday.
In Khulna, Sub-Inspector (SI) Monirul Islam, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate M Barekuzzaman at 1:30pm, according to out staff correspondent.
Although 21 Jamaat-Shibir men were named in the FIR (first information report) lodged with Sadar Police Station by Sub-Inspector (SI) Rezaul Karim on July 1, the IO accused 47 leaders and activists of Jamaat and Shibir of attacking police during a demonstration at Dakbungalow square in the city on June 30.
The chargesheeted accused are Khulna City Ameer of Jamaat Mian Golam Parwar, Nayeb-e-Ameer Prof Abdul Matin, city unit Secretary Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Assistant Secretary Master Shafiqul Islam, President of Chhatra Shibir BL College unit Azizul Islam Farazi, activists Golam Quddus, Mian Mujahidul Islam, Khandaker Abdul Khaleque, Mofizur Rahman, Khan Golam Rasul, Abdur Rahman, Kazi Nurunnabi, Habibur Rahman, Lashkar Shah Alam, Kazi Yasinuddin, Sheikh Jahangir Alam, Jahangir Hossain Helal, Wadud Sheikh, Azizur Rahman Swapan, Md. Moniruzzaman, M.G. Sarwar, Sheikh Fariduddin, Saiful Hasan, Sirajul Islam, Abdul Mannan, Mujahidul Islam, Badiuzzaman, Shafiqul Alam, Abdur Rahman-1, Humayun Kabir, Mahbub Rasul, Ismail Hossain, Rezaul Karim, Ataur Rahman Bacchu, Saidur Rahman, S.M. Shumon, Imran Khalid, Imran Hossain, Touhidul Islam, Gazi Shah Makhdum, Hasibur Rahman, Jahangir Alam-2, Ershad Hossain, Aminul Islam, Ariful Islam, Alamgir Hossain and Abdur Rahman-2.
Acting officer-in-charge Mamun Khan of Khulna Sadar Police Station said 26 out of 47 chargesheeted accused are now in Khulna district Jail while the rest are still at large. Operation is going on to arrest the absconding accused, he added.
Meanwhile, City Special Branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police has listed over 100 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists, suspecting their close links with banned Hizb-ut-Tawhid and other underground organisations.
Police said surveillance on Jamaat and Shibir-run coaching centres, madrasas, private hostels, dormitories of Khulna University, Khulna Medical College, Islami Bank Hospita and Al Faruk Academy in the city has been intensified by intelligence agencies following an information of subversive activities.
Similar steps have also been taken to arrest the listed men who are hiding in different upazilas, said KMP Commissioner Helaluddin Badri.
Our Dinajpur correspondent reported that a court here yesterday placed seven Chhatra Shibir men, arrested at a mosque in Akkelpur upazila on Friday night, on a two-day remand.
Al-Mamun and Mottasim Billah, president and general secretary Shibir Akkelpur unit, and activists Habibur Rahman Hiru, Farhad Hossain, Farhajul Islam, Mizanur Rahman, and Nur Aftab.
Police produced the Shibir men in Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, Joypurhat, in the afternoon seeking five days' remand, but the court granted only two days.
The law enforcers arrested the seven while they were holding a 'secret' meeting at Shah Sikandar Jame Mosque at Royer Bazaar at around 11:00pm.
They also seized books on jihad and other important documents from their possession. Officer-in-charge Moklesur Rahman of Akkelpur Police Station said they arrested the Shibir men as they were holding a 'secret' meeting inside the mosque on the night.
Police sources said about 40 Chhatra Shibir men from Naogaon, Joypurhat and Bogra assembled at the mosque and were holding a 'secret' meeting. Seven of them arrested while the rest managed to flee, sources added.
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