85 Shibir men sued in C'nawabganj, 5 held
Police on Wednesday filed two separate cases against 85 Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists of the district unit with Sadar model police station on charge of attacking police men.
Sub Inspector Rahmat Ali of the police station filed the cases at night.
Of the accused, 15 were named while 70 others remained unidentified. Shafiq Enayet Ullah, president of district unit of the Jamaat's student front and its general secretary Golam Mostofa are among the accused.
Police also arrested five Shibir activists from different areas on Wednesday noon and early yesterday.
The arrestees are Shahidul Islam Shahin, 25, of Uttarjagonnathpur village, Sohel Rana, 22, of Goshkura village, Sohel Rana, 23, of Chhatradanga village, Selim Reza, 20, of Mollan village and Sohel Rana, 23 of Kalma village.
Police produced them before the judicial magistrate court and the court sent them to jail yesterday.
Golam Mortuza, officer in-charge (OC) of Sadar model police station, said a group of Shibir activists brought out a procession from Octroy intersection at around 12:15 pm and started obstructing the vehicular movement and vandalising vehicles.
On information, a police patrol team rushed to the spot and tried to stop the procession. At this, the Shibir men attacked the law enforcers with brickbats, forcing them to fire two tear gas shells and charge baton, he said.
Later, Sub Inspector Rahmat Ali filed a case against Shafik Enayet Ullah, Golam Mostofa, Shahidul Islam, Selim Reza, Torikul Islam Nayan, Golam Zakaria, Anwar Hossain, Mohammad Hadi, Saiful Islam and Shahidul Islam Shahin under the speedy trial act.
He also filed another case against 85, identifying 15 (including the aforesaid ten) accused and keeping the rest 70 unidentified, under separate sections of Bangladesh Penal Code.
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