A case has been filed against 250 unnamed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists in connection with the vandalism of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's photos following the murder of a leader of the party in Sylhet's Rikabibazar area.
Metropolitan unit Awami League (AL) member Zahid Sarwar Sobuj filed the case at Kotwali police station on Tuesday night, said Mohammad Ali Mahmud, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Police also detained four people in this connection and sent to jail showing them arrested under Section 54 of the Criminal Procedure code, he added.
They are Ishtiak Ahmed Raju, Badrul Islam Nazrul, Milad Ahmed and Rajib Ahmed, all Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists.
The four will be shown arrested in this case now.
“Efforts are on to arrest others involved with the vandalism,” the OC added.
The plaintiff alleged that the photos of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were vandalized in the Rikabibazar area of the city on November 6 during a protest program of BNP after the killing of AFM Kamal, former health affairs secretary of Sylhet district unit of the party, in Barobazar area of Sylhet.
AFM Kamal, the former health affairs secretary of Sylhet district unit of BNP, was killed after miscreants blocked his car and stabbed him in Barobazar area of Sylhet on Sunday night.
Following the death, BNP leaders and activists started a protest march from Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital premises on the same night.
At that time, several motorcycles were burnt and a private car was vandalized in the Rikabibazar area.
Besides, pictures of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were torn during the procession.
Sylhet correspondent Md Serajul Islam, Sylhet contributed to the report
