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| 9 sedition cases filed against 15 Tahrir men |
| 2009-03-14 |
| Nine sedition cases were filed yesterday and Thursday against 15 activists of Islamist outfit Hijb ut-Tahrir. Officers-in-charge of Gulshan, Uttara, Pallabi, Mirpur, Darus Salam, Ramna, Sabujbagh, Mohammadpur and Khilgaon police stations filed the cases against 15 out of 27 Tahrir men arrested after the carnage at BDR headquarters in Pilkhana. Gulshan and Uttara OCs each accused four Hijb ut-Tahrir men. Anwar Hossain, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mirpur zone, told The Daily Star, "The cases were filed after getting the required government approval." According to police, the activists of the outfits were first arrested under section-54 of the Criminal Procedure Code and then charged with sedition. Police said after the mutiny at BDR headquarters on February 25 and 26, the accused distributed provocative leaflets urging people to oust the government. Sources said after the arrest of the Hijb ut-Tahrir men, the government approved 14 police stations for filing sedition cases against them. |
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