Follow-upFriday's Attack on Minister's House
21 BNP men among 46 sued in Ruhea union
Twenty-one BNP activists including Ruhea union unit BNP President Md Reazuddin and 25 other unnamed people have been sued on charge of Friday's attack on Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen's village home and assault of Ruhea union Awami League (AL) President Ashraful Islam.
Ashraful's elder brother Azharul Islam filed the case with Thakurgaon police station on Sunday night.
Demonstrators attacked Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen's home at Ramnath village on Friday evening, protesting what they said 'unjustified change' of the earlier announced gazette notification to create a new union comprising part of existing Ruhea union, sources said.
They also beat up Ashraful Islam and two others.
The district administration on May 24 this year issued a gazette notification for making a new union parishad (UP), dividing Ruhea union into two parts, DC office sources said.
After the notification was made public on August 17, the people of eastern portion of Ruhea union expressed their dissatisfaction as important educational institutions including Ruhea Boys' High School, Ruhea Girls' High School and Ruhea Degree College would fall within the jurisdiction of the new UP comprising the western part.
Protesting splitting of the union and demanding 'correction' of the gazette, they observed different programmes including human chain, road blockade, public gathering and hartal since August 20. Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen attended a meeting of the representatives of two sides of Ruhea union on Friday afternoon. There he announced 'necessary correction' of the gazette notification.
As the news spread in the area, the people of western side became agitated. A group of people attacked the minister's home at Ramnath village, threw brickbats there and damaged windows and doors of the house.
The agitators also damaged the house of union AL President Ashraful Islam, beat him and two others.
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