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| Attack on Hindus: Nasirnagar AL leader placed on remand |
| 2017-01-02 |
[Bangla Daily Star] A Brahmanbaria court yesterday placed Awami League leader Sheikh Abdul Ahad, who was incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! in connection with the October 30 attack on the Hindus in Nasirnagar, on a one-day police remand. Senior Chief Judicial Magistrate Sharaf Uddin Ahmed granted the remand for Ahad, former joint secretary of Nasirnagar upazila unit AL and also former chairman of Sadar union of the upazila. Mahabubur Rahman, court inspector, said investigation officer of the case Shawkat Hossain, sub-inspector (investigation) of Nasirnagar Police Station, prayed to the court for a five-day remand. The court granted a one-day remand. Police arrested Ahad at his Ghoshpara house in the upazila town Tuesday afternoon. The following day, police sought a seven-day remand for Ahad. The court rejected the prayer and ordered police to interrogate him at the jail gate. On October 30 last year, unruly mobs and zealots vandalised many Hindu houses and temples in five villages of the upazila over a Facebook post. Eight cases were filed in connection with the attack. Law enforcers have so far arrested 108 people, including Ahad, in the cases. Meanwhile, ...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do... over 100 people of the Hindu community held a protest rally in Ghoshpara yesterday, demanding the release of Ahad. At the rally, Bijoy Ghosh, a resident of Ghoshpara and clothes trader, said Ahad saved them during the October 30 attack risking his life. Bijoy said Ahad was injured while he was trying to resist the attackers. When Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal visited Nasirnagar on November 8, he informed the minister about what kind of role Ahad had played during the attack, Bijoy added. Anil Das and Mohan Lal Das of Mahakalpara said the Hindu community people did not bring any allegations against Ahad. |
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