Follow-upLaw Enforcers Still Guard Rajapur Village
Police sue 362, yet to arrest anybody
Police filed a case against 362 people including 300 unnamed ones in connection with Saturday's violence at Rajapur village in Chirirbandar upazila under the district following dispute over building a mosque near a temple.
During the violence that left 50 people injured, gangs vandalised and set fire to 25 houses, and looted belongings including 50 cattle.
Md Aminul Islam, a sub inspector of Chirirbandar police station filed the case with the police station on Saturday midnight.
Mentioning names of 62 people, the plaintiff said the people along with along with 300 unidentified others violated Section 144, attacked opponents and vandalised houses. They also created obstacle to performing duty by policemen and incited locals to attack the minority community in the area during the clashes that lasted from around 9:30am to 1:00pm Saturday.
Nobody was arrested in this connection, said Tariqul Islam, officer in charge of Chirirbandar police station.
A large number of police, Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion members started guarding the area on Saturday afternoon.
"We are now safe as law enforcers are giving us protection. But what will happen when they leave the area," said Chandra Mohan, 30, a resident of Rajapur village, also a victim of Saturday's attack.
Mahmud Ali Chowdhury, lawmaker from Dinajpur-4 (Chirirbandar-Khansama upazila), visited the area and held a public meeting at Rajapur village.
Talking to the reporters after the meeting, the lawmaker held incitement by outsiders, negligence of policemen and indecision of the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) for the inhuman incident at Rajapur.
Chirirbandar UNO Rashidul Mannaf Kabir, however, claimed that he took proper decision at every step.
When contacted, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner Md Jamal Uddin Ahmed said he formed a one-member committee and asked him to submit a report over the incident.
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