An attempt to murder case has been filed against 35 policemen, including Ashrafuzzaman, deputy commissioner and Mehedi Hasan, assistant deputy police commissioner of Motijheel zone for allegedly trying to kill Assistant Secretary for Student Affairs of opposition BNP Sultan Salauddin Tuku on Thursday.
Assistant Secretary for legal affairs of BNP Md Khorshed Alam filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Harun-or-Rashid’s court accusing two named and 33 unnamed police officials.
The case statement stated that the accused police officials “intentionally” attacked a vehicle in the convoy of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night and “beat up” in order to kill him.
The court is likey to decide whether it will take into cognisance the charges against the policemen in the afternoon.
The police on Monday night “assaulted” a vehicle in the convoy of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and arrested Tuku in front of the party office at Nayapaltan in the capital.
On Tuesday, Tuku was shown arrested in two cases of vandalism and police assault. He was placed on a six-day remand on the same day.
