Jhalokathi, Nov 10 (V7N) – Police have filed a case and arrested seven people in connection with an attack on police and the snatching of a banned Chhatra League leader from police custody in Nalchity upazila of Jhalokathi.
The case was filed by police on Monday, naming 41 people and 70 to 80 unidentified individuals as accused.
On Sunday afternoon, relatives of Sirajul Islam, former president of the Dapdapia Union unit of Chhatra League and a union parishad member, allegedly attacked police and took him away after he was arrested in Nalchity. Police said an arrest warrant had been issued against him by a court.
According to police, the case was filed under various sections, including obstruction of government duties. A series of raids in and around the incident site led to the arrest of seven people.
The arrested individuals were identified as Rakib Mridha, 25, son of Jahangir Mridha; Rubel Mridha, 30, son of Jahangir Mridha; Milton Hawlader, 20, son of Mojibur Rahman; Selina Begum, 55, wife of Nur Mohammad; Sohel Hawlader, 27, son of Majid Hawlader; Rashed Mridha, son of the late Malek Mridha; and Shahidul Islam, 28, son of Mobarak Khalifa.
Senior police officials have already visited the scene.
Nalchity Police Station Officer-in-Charge Towhiduzzaman said seven people had been arrested and produced before a court in connection with the incident.
He added that operations were continuing to arrest the main accused, Sirajul Islam, and others involved in the incident.
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