Fifty-five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir have had charges of attacking police levelled against them. The charges relate to two separate incidents in the city on Thursday, the second day of the 48-hour hartal enforced by Jamaat.
The police filed a case with Kotwali police station accusing 15 identified and 10 unidentified activists of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student body on Friday while another case was filed by police on the same day against five named and 25 unnamed activists of the organisation.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ayub of Sylhet Metropolitan Police said police had filed the two cases against 55 Shibir men in connection with attacks on police in the city’s West Subidbazar and Baluchar areas on Thursday. The Jamaat supporters were protesting against the death sentence handed down to the organisation’s Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla.
On Thursday, two policemen were injured in attacks by the Shibir activists at West Subidbazar. The activists also snatched a bullet-proof vest and a helmet from police during the incident.
In another incident, Shibir activists launched an attack on police at Baluchar in the city during the shutdown.
