Sheikh Abdullah is the convener of Sirajdikhan Thana BNP in Munshiganj. He is also the Managing Director of Al-Muslim Group. Went to Spain last Sunday night on business. However, three days after this incident, on Wednesday evening in Sirajdikhan, he has been made the main accused in the police case on the charge of car vandalism and cocktail explosion on the Dhaka-Mawa highway.
Deputy Inspector of Sirajdikhan police station on Thursday morning. Billal Hossain filed the case against 81 BNP leaders and activists including Sheikh Abdullah as plaintiff. Later in the afternoon Madhyapara Union BNP convenor Azim Al Razi and joint convenor of Baluchar Union BNP Md. Farooq Hossain was arrested.
Member Secretary of the convening committee of Thana BNP in this regard. Haider Ali told Samakal, "A case has been filed for harassing the leaders and activists around the mass gathering in Dhaka. Car vandalism and cocktail explosions are also staged dramas. We had no program there that day. If not, the one who has been made the main accused in this case, he went to Spain on business last Sunday night. Taking part in car vandalism and cocktail attacks from Spain is ridiculous.'
However, AKM Mizanul Haque, OC of Sirajdikhan Police Station, said that on December 10, BNP activists gathered on the Dhaka-Mawa highway on Wednesday evening and vandalized cars and blew up cocktails as they were not allowed to hold a rally in Nayapaltan of the capital. A case has been filed on the basis of specific evidence. Two people have already been arrested. They will be produced in court and remanded for five days to get more information about the vandalism. When asked about being the prime accused despite staying abroad, he evaded.
Meanwhile, 10 more cases have been filed under the Explosives Act, alleging attacks on the police, throwing cocktails at the ruling party's programs, clashes and sabotage plans. 670 activists of BNP have been accused in these cases. Police arrested 18 of them in the last 24 hours.
Belab (Narsingdi) representative said that SI Imran Hasan filed a case against 12 BNP leaders and activists in connection with the cocktail explosion in Patpatti area of the upazila on Wednesday night. Masood Rana and Mukhlesh Mia were later arrested with three cocktails wrapped in scotch tape.
Kaliakair (Gazipur) representative said, police arrested Kaliakair Upazila BNP President Mohammad Helal Uddin Ahmed on Wednesday night in the case of throwing bricks and exploding cocktails at Awami League office in Chandra town. Abdul Mannan Sheikh, the office assistant of the municipal Awami League office, who is the plaintiff in this case, told the reporters earlier that he has been a plaintiff since the wedding invitation. Don't know anything about the incident.
The representatives of Ghatail and Sakhipur (Tangail) said that the police have filed a case against 78 BNP leaders and activists on the charges of sabotage in the upazila. Four accused in this case were arrested on Wednesday night. On the other hand, the police are conducting door-to-door raids of BNP leaders and activists to catch the accused in an old case in Ghatail upazila. BNP executive committee member Obaidul Haque Nasir said that the men of the area have left their homes to avoid arrest. On November 22, the police filed a case against 80 people in connection with the cocktail explosion. 10 BNP leaders arrested in this case are currently in jail.
Ghazaria and Lauhjong (Munshiganj) representative said that the victim filed a case against 105 BNP leaders and activists yesterday in the incident of injuring Chhatra League worker Sumon Mia by exploding a cocktail on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. Five people were arrested later. On the other hand, Awami League leader Firoz Ahmed filed a case against 105 activists in the case of cocktail explosion in Bejgaon cemetery of Lauhjong. Later, the police arrested three leaders of the youth group.
Manikganj representative said that the police have filed a case against 32 BNP leaders and activists in connection with the cocktail explosion on Wednesday night. Later that night Manikganj District BNP Vice President Motaleb was arrested. Sadar Police Station OC Abdur Rauf Sarkar informed this information.
Narayanganj and Siddhirganj representatives said that the police have filed three new cases in three police stations of Narayanganj on the charges of cocktail explosion and vandalism. In these cases, 72 people of BNP-Jamaat and People's Rights Council have been named and 125 others have been accused. On Thursday morning, these cases were filed in Sadar, Fatulla and Siddhirganj police stations under various laws including the Explosives Act.
Giyas Uddin, convener of the district BNP, said, 'All the incidents are fabricated by the police. Our leaders and activists did not do this. They cannot stay at home. When will you do this?'
Police say the cocktail explosions were caused by a separate torch procession on Wednesday evening. Later, four were arrested in the case of Alamat seizure and Sadar police station and one in Fatullah's case.
