A case has been filed against BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and 46 activists of the party in connection with the clash with the police from the BNP’s padayatra in the Sciencelab area of the capital’s Newmarket police station. Among the defendants in the case are BNP publicity secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anyi, BNP chairperson’s advisor Abul Khair Bhuiyan, BNP central leader Mir Sarfat Ali Sapu, Central Juba Dal president Sultan Salauddin Tuku and others. Another 400 to 500 unidentified people have been accused in the case.
The plaintiff in the case claimed that the police box was damaged to the tune of Tk 10 lakh due to the attack by the BNP activists. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Newmarket Police Station confirmed the case on Wednesday (May 24) afternoon. Shafiqul Gani Sabu.
He said that the police filed a case as a plaintiff in the incident of attack and vandalism on the police from BNP’s march on Tuesday. The names of 46 activists of BNP have been mentioned in the case. Besides, another 400 to 500 people have been accused as unidentified. The plaintiff in the case is Sub-Inspector (SI) Sabuj Mia. Earlier, the police filed a case in Dhanmondi police station, mentioning the names of 52 people, including the central leader of BNP’s Dhaka Metropolitan South, Sheikh Rabiul Alam. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Police Station Ikram Ali Mia said that the police filed a case as a plaintiff in the incident of attack and vandalism on the police during the march of BNP on Tuesday.
In the case, the names of 52 activists including Sheikh Rabiul Alam, the central leader of Dhaka Metropolitan South Committee of BNP have been mentioned. Apart from this, many other unidentified people have been accused. The OC said that 27 people were arrested in connection with the clash yesterday. After the case, their arrest is shown.
The accused arrested at Newmarket Police Station in connection with Tuesday’s clash are Sabuj Molla, Md. Moniruzzaman, Sabuj, Iraq Sheikh, Ripon, Maqbul Hossain, Akhter Hossain, Shawon Mia and Raisul Islam. Besides, BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Gazipur District BNP President AKM Fazlul Haque Milan, Central Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku, BNP Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anyi, BNP Chairperson’s Adviser Abul Khair Bhuiyan, BNP Central Leader Mir Sarfat Ali have also filed statements in the case. The names of 46 activists including SAPU, BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Nasir Uddin Asim, former Acting Office Secretary Abdus Sattar Patwari, Jatiyatavadi Swachsevak Dal former General Secretary Abdul Qadir Bhuiyan Jewell, Juba Dal Organizing Secretary Ishaq Sarkar, Juba Dal member Abul Khair Liton have been mentioned.
The collision happened around 4:00 pm on Tuesday. Dhaka South BNP’s padayatra program was canceled due to this. The march started in front of Bangladesh Medical College in Dhanmondi at 2 pm. The march was supposed to end in front of Seven Mosque Road, Rifle Square, Dhaka City College, Sciencelab Mor, Bata Signal and Kantaban Mosque. Eyewitnesses said that a clash with the police started when the activists reached in front of City College shortly before 4 pm. The BNP gave this program to protest against the disregard of the High Court’s instructions, arbitrary arrests in absentee cases, false cases and police harassment, increase in commodity prices, load shedding, government corruption. During the clash, BNP activists set BRTC bus on fire and vandalized several vehicles. Besides, Dhanmondi vandalized the police box at crossing road number 3.
