Rajshahi MP beats up ward councillor
Lawmaker of Rajshahi 6 constituency (Bagha-Charghat upazilas) allegedly beat up the ward councillor of Arani municipality in Bagha upazila yesterday for hurling abuses at a madrasa teacher.
Talking to journalists over phone, councillor Muktar Ali, also the panel mayor of Arani municipality, said the lawmaker, Shahriar Alam, used a sandal to beat and drive him out of the latter's residence in Arani.
On why he had hurled the abuses at Kamruzzaman, the superintendent of the upazila's Umme Kashemul Ulum Kawmi Madrasa, Muktar said, “Everyone knows that JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) men frequent the madrasa.”
“But our MP does not pay any heed to our complaints as one of his relatives is the president of the madasa's governing body,” said Muktar, also the Arani unit Jubo League president.
On contact, lawmaker Shahriar Alam said he had always taken Muktar as a “little brother” and “punished” him for misbehaving with elders.
Muktar and Kamruzzaman were coming out of his house when Kamruzzaman greeted the former. Muktar replied using abusive languages, he said.
Muktar was angry with the madrasa authority as one student of the madrasa stole mangoes from Muktar's orchard, said Shahriar.
He also refuted Muktar's allegations, stating that the madrasa dealt with nothing but Islamic teachings. “The allegations of training JMB men are not true,” he said.
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