A case has been filed against 250 unnamed BNP activists in connection with the vandalism of photos of Bangabandhu and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following the murder of a leader of the party in Sylhet’s Rikabibazar area.
Metropolitan unit Awami League (AL) member Zahid Sarwar Sobuj filed the case at Kotwali police station on Tuesday night, said Mohammad Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Police also detained four people in this connection and sent them to jail, showing them arrested under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code, he added.
The detainees are- Ishtiak Ahmed Raju, Badrul Islam Nazrul, Milad Ahmed and Rajib Ahmed, all of whom are Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists.
“Efforts are on to arrest others involved with the vandalism,” the OC added.
The plaintiff alleged that the photos of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were vandalised in the Rikabibazar area of the city on November 6 during a protest programme of BNP after the killing of AFM Kamal, former health affairs secretary of Sylhet district unit of the party, in Barobazar area of Sylhet.
