A sedition case has been filed against Hifazat-e Islam’s Ameer Junaid Babunagari, Joint Secretary Mamunul Haque and Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Sayed Faizul Karim.
President of Muktijuddho Mancha Aminul Islam Bulbul filed the case against them on Monday.
Besides, another sedition case has been filed against Mamunul Haque on the same day.
On November 13, Islami Andolan Bangladesh Nayeb-e-Ameer Faizul Karim and Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque opposed the setting up of the sculpture.
Earlier on December 5, miscreants smashed an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu at five roads’ intersection in Kushtia city. The face and hands of the sculpture were vandalised too.
The incident took place in Kushtia amid protests by various Islamist organisations across the country over the construction of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu's sculpture.
Till now, police have arrested four madrasa students in Kushtia for their alleged involvement in vandalising the under-construction sculpture.
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