Face-off between BNP, Jamaat over Plabon murder

Rejbul Huq Plabom, a student of S M Pilot High School, who got GPA-5 in this year's SSC examination was severely beaten allegedly by some BNP activists on July 13. Died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital next day.

Palashbari BNP and its front organisations called a public meeting at the Shaheed Minar at 3 pm on July 26 to press for dropping party activists' names from the murder case, terming it 'false'.

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On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami also called a public meeting at the same venue at the same time to demand arrest and punishment of the persons accused in the case.

Both the parties continued to blare their programmes on loud speakers in the small town from Friday evening, creating a tense situation.

On Saturday, palashbaru upazila BNP secretary Ziaul Huq Jwel and Jamaat Amir Ruhul Amin Sarker submitted separate applications to the UNO for permission to hold their party programmes, sources in the administration said.

Plashbari UNO said he has asked the Officer-in-Charge of Palashbari thana to take all possible measures to avert any conflict.

Meanwhile, the persons accused in the case obtained interim bail from High Court, sources said.