Warrant against acting Jamaat boss
Two separate courts of Dhaka issued arrest warrants yesterday against Jamaat-e-Islami Acting Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, its Dhaka City chief Rafiqul Islam Khan and nine others in cases filed for assaulting police, blocking traffic movement, and creating anarchy during the party's recent demonstration in the city.
The courts passed the orders directing officers-in-charge of Paltan and Ramna police stations to submit reports on execution of the arrest warrants between October 13 and 20.
Earlier, Metropolitan Magistrate Erfan Ullah of the Speedy Trial Court-7 acknowledged the charges against 120 Jamaat leaders and activists with Ramna Police Station while Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur of the Speedy Trial Court-14 acknowledged charges against 161 Jamaat men with Paltan Police Station.
Maqbul and ATM Azharul Islam were accused in charges acknowledged in both courts.
On September 19, several hundred Jamaat activists clashed with police in the capital, leaving at least 100 people injured and halting traffic for hours.
During the violence, the Jamaat men set fire to at least 28 vehicles, smashed around 200 others, and vandalised dozens of roadside shops, police said.
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