Following the killing of a ruling party Awami League leader, 50 dwelling houses were vandalised and looted in different villages under Harishankarpur union, Jhenaidah sadar upazila in last few days.
Awami League leader Sanar Uddin of village Arja Narayanpur was hacked to death on August 22, allegedly by his rivals on his way home at 8:30pm.
His family members filed a case against 56 people of different villages including Harishankarpur, Panami and Arja Narayanpur.
Most of the accused people fled from their homes, leaving their families behind, to avoid arrest and harassment by the police.
Taking advantages of the situation, some miscreants vandalised their houses and looted the valuables.
They also compelled the relatives of the accused to hand over cash to them. The houses of the political rivals of the deceased, including that of his principal rival, Ibdat Hossain, and that of others such as Akbar Hossain, Baka, Nayeb Ali, Nazrul Islam, Abdul Barek, Abdus Satter, Haider Ali were burnt. Besides, the miscreants cut down several trees of the houses, said Marjina Khatun, a villager.
