Attack on Police
308 Jamaat men face charge sheet
Police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against 308 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists, including Sylhet city amir, three upazila chairmen, and one union parishad (UP) chairman, for assaulting police during a protest last year.
Md Sultan Uddin, sub-inspector of Sylhet Kotwali Police Station, filed it with the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court.
The charge sheet said that in protest of the arrests of central leaders, the Jamaat men took out a procession in Sylhet city on September 11, 2011.
During the protest, they attacked law enforcers and pelted them with bricks in Bandarbazar area, injuring 10 policemen, including Sylhet additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Abdul Jalil and assistant commissioner Nazmul Hasan. Police fired 27 tear gas shells and rubber bullets to bring the situation under control after rounds of clashes.
Following the incident, SI Narayan Dutta filed a case accusing 27 named and 3,000 unnamed people that day.
The accused facing the charge sheet include Sylhet city Jamaat Amir Ehsanul Mahbub Zobayer, Dakshin Surma upazila chairman Moulana Lokman Ahmed, Fenchuganj upazila chairman Saif Ullah Al Hossain, Jaintapur upazila chairman Zainal Abedin, and Jalalabad Union Parishad chairman Jalal Ahmed.
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