7 Jubo Dal men held on extortion charge

Police playing partisan role, alleges Lalmonirhat BNP

10 November 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Rangpur

BNP leaders at Lalmonirhat yesterday alleged that police refused to record a case on Sunday against the AL leaders and activists who torched and vandalised BNP district unit office, Jamaat-e-Islami district unit office, houses and business establishments owned by the BNP men. Contacted, superintendent of police of Lalmonirhat, however, said, a case was lodged on the day with police in this connection. "One case is enough to take action against the offenders. There is no provision for filing separate cases", he said. Asadul Habib Dulu, convener of BNP district unit alleged that police were playing a partisan role. “The complainant of the earlier case was none of BNP. BNP of Lalmonirhat does not know who is Gazi. Police discovered a fictitious name and made him complainant in the case against AL men,” Dulu added. Meanwhile, AL district unit lodged a case against 51 leaders of BNP and its front organisations on Monday night. They accused the leaders of BNP and its front organisations of beating up Murad, BCL district secretary for religious affairs. A correspondent in Lalmonirhat adds: Police arrested seven Jubo Dal men on charge of extortion after a BCL leader filed a case with Lalmonirhat Sadar police station on Monday. The arrestees are district Jubo Dal office secretary Mehedi Hasan Jewel. Ward Four Jubo Dal secretary Ibrahim Miah, joint secretary Apel Haque, local leaders Abul Kalam Azad, Jahedul Islam and workers Mohammad Jamal and Rakib Miah. Police said, BCL leader Iqbal Hossain Mamun sued 51 people on Monday and the seven were arrested the same night. According to the complaint, the Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal men attacked BCL leader Ershad Hossain Murad, the younger brother of the complainant on Sunday. Murad was catching fish at Saptana Abason pond in the town. The attackers also demanded Tk one lakh as illegal toll from the BCL leader, the complaint stated.