A Dhaka court has indicted 65 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in a case of vandalism and arson at Motijheel area in the capital.
Metropolitan Magistrate Tariq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan framed the charges against the accused yesterday and fixed June 10 to start the trial.
The accused include Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Prof Mojubur Rahman, Central Publicity Secretary Tasnim Alam, former lawmaker Golam porwar, and three former Shibir presidents Dr Shafiquel Islam Masud, Dr Fakhruddin Manik and Delwar Hossain.
Earlier on November 13, 2012, Sub-Inspector Mofizur Rahman submitted the charge sheet against the 65 Jamaat-Shibir members at the CMM court in Dhaka.
According to the case, on November 5, 2012, activists and leaders of Jamaat-Shibir brought out a procession demanding release of their top leaders who were arrested on charges of war crimes.
An hours-long clash occurred between the Jamaat-Shibir men and police that day, where at least 50 people were injured; the Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked police and vandalised and torched a number of vehicles, including a police pickup van and BRCT bus, in the area, the case statement said.