Comilla mayor’s PS, 12 others remanded over communal violence
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Masud Alam, Comilla
Publish : 11 Nov 2021, 08:58 PMUpdate : 06 Mar 2022, 02:16 PM
A Comilla court has ordered five-day remand for 13 accused, including Mayor Monirul Haque Shakku’s personal assistant, in a case filed over vandalism at the city’s Nanuardighi Par puja mandap on October 13.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Chandan Kanti Nath issued the order on Thursday.
Kotwali Model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwarul Azim confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune. Police initially submitted a seven-day remand plea to the court.
Sub-Inspector Mofizul Islam Khan, also the investigating officer of the case, said two cases were registered against mayor’s PS Moinuddin Ahmed Babu on charges of vandalism and sabotage at the puja mandap.
Police filed one of the cases while Torun Kanti Modak Mithun, the convener of the puja organizing committee, filed the other case.
On November 6, Babu was arrested from Sajek of Khagrachhari. On the same day, police arrested 12 more accused in the case from different parts of the town. Babu fled with his family after the attack.
Comilla mayor’s PS, 12 others remanded over communal violence
A Comilla court has ordered five-day remand for 13 accused, including Mayor Monirul Haque Shakku’s personal assistant, in a case filed over vandalism at the city’s Nanuardighi Par puja mandap on October 13.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Chandan Kanti Nath issued the order on Thursday.
Kotwali Model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Anwarul Azim confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune. Police initially submitted a seven-day remand plea to the court.
Sub-Inspector Mofizul Islam Khan, also the investigating officer of the case, said two cases were registered against mayor’s PS Moinuddin Ahmed Babu on charges of vandalism and sabotage at the puja mandap.
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Police filed one of the cases while Torun Kanti Modak Mithun, the convener of the puja organizing committee, filed the other case.
On November 6, Babu was arrested from Sajek of Khagrachhari. On the same day, police arrested 12 more accused in the case from different parts of the town. Babu fled with his family after the attack.
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