Hartal, rally at Shulla UZ to protest attack on chairman
Shopkeepers at Shulla upazila headquarters in Sunamganj district kept their shutters down during half-day hartal yesterday to protest against Tuesday's attack on the upazila chairman.
Movement of boats to and from the upazila headquarters also remained suspended.
Several processions were taken out besides holding a protest rally chaired by local AL leader Fazlur Rahman.
Another protest rally was held at the neighbouring Derai upazila headquarters yesterday afternoon demanding punishment to the attackers Upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad commander Ataur Rahman presided the rally.
Besides, the people of Sunamganj district living in Sylhet took out a procession in the town on Tuesday afternoon demanding arrest of the attackers.
Sources said a group of Chhatra League and Jubo League men beat up chairman of Shulla upazila parishad Abonimohan Das, also AL leader in the Sunamganj district town at about 1.30pm on Tuesday.
The incident took place while the chairman was buying CNG auto-rickshaw from a filling station at Sunamganj bus stand.
The attackers also snatched away the two cell-phones, Tk 60,000 and the wrist watch from Das, according to a case lodged with the Sunamganj police station.
Sources said, the chairman, alongwith his wife and others was on way to Sylhet on a family programme.
Das is now under treatment at the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Talking to this correspondent at the hospital yesterday afternoon, Abonimohan alleged that the ruling party men, instructed by lawmaker Matiur Rahman, also acting president of the Sunamganj district AL, made the attack.
"During the attack, the young men used abusive words and alleged that I had passed unfair remarks against Matiur", Das said.
Das said he filed a case with the Sunamganj PS accusing 14 people of carrying out the attack.
The attackers were carrying sticks, iron rods, daggers etc and it was an attempt to kill me, Das claimed.
Sources said pro-Matiur men were annoyed as Abonimohan allegedly did not give due honour to the lawmaker at a function organised by the Dhaka-based Shulla Samity last Saturday.
Contacted, lawmaker Matiur Rahman said he knew nothing about the incident since he was at a meeting of the standing committee on the land ministry Tuesday.
"I do not know who made the attack even", Matiur claimed.
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