Looting, Torching Houses of AL Men
Jamaat leader Subhan, 30 others sued in Pabna after 9 years
A case has been filed against Jamaat leader and former lawmaker Maulana Abdus Subhan and 30 other BNP-Jamaat men on charge of looting, torching and vandalising houses at four villages in Chartarapur union under Sadar upazila in 2003.
Md Abdul Kuddus, former member of Chartarapur union parishad and a local Awami League leader, lodged the case with Pabna police station on Monday night after nine years of the incident.
The other accused include Chartarapur UP chairman Rahmat Ali Sheikh and former Tantiband UP chairman Abdur Rouf, both local BNP leaders, said Enayet Uddin, officer in-charge of the PS.
The complainant in his case stated that a number of criminals, led by Subhan, Rahmat and Rouf, swooped on AL men's residences at Khapradangi, Daspara, Chokdarpara and Goyal Bari villages following a political feud, leaving over 200 people injured on August 30 in 2003.
They also vandalised at least 70 houses and later, those were looted and set on fire.
Subhan was the mastermind behind the gruesome attack, the plaintiff said.
He said they could not file any case against the aforesaid people immediately after the incident as political environment was not favourable and police refused to take the case.
Refuting the allegations, the Jamaat leader said he was in parliament assembly when the incident took place. The case has been filed to harass me, he said.
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