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Police refuse case, AL files GD

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Police yesterday did not receive any case against Saturday's grenade attack on the Awami League (AL) chief and top leaders that killed 18 and injured over 300.
Refused to file a case with two police stations in a one-hour effort, the AL leaders finally lodged two general diaries (GDs) with Motijheel Police Station yesterday.
Police officials refused to file any case saying they had already filed two cases -one against the attack and the other against the rampage following the attack -- and asked the
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AL leaders to file a GD.
However, police could not make any headway into the investigation, sources said.
Sub-inspector (SI) of Motijheel police Amir Hossain was appointed as the investigation officer (IO) of the attack case and SI Monir Hossain of the rampage case.
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar at a meeting, meanwhile, directed all intelligence agencies to look into the incident yesterday.
However, no active move was made to hand the charge of investigation to any intelligence agency until 8:00 last night, 27 hours into the grenade attack.
Some AL leaders led by General Secretary Abdul Jalil first made an attempt to file a case with Ramna Police Station in the afternoon. But the officerin-charge (OC) was not available and SI Asmani, also duty officer, refused to record the case.
AL legislator Asaduzzaman Noor then made a phone call to OC Mahbubur Rahman. Jalil asked the OC to direct his deputies to enter the case. The OC turned down Jalil's request saying the area of the blasts is not under his territorial jurisdiction.
Jalil argued that a part of the area is under Ramna Police Station but the OC repeatedly refused him and asked the AL leader over phone to go to Motijheel police.
The AL leaders rushed to Motijheel Police Station to find that OC Rafiqul Islam was not in his chair. His deputies also refused to accept the case in absence of the OC. The AL leaders left the police
station after a few minutes to attend the namaj-e-janaja at Baitul Mukarram Mosque, while AL leader Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan remained there.
The OC returned at 5:30pm and asked reporters to leave his office. He then sat with the AL leader at a closed-door meeting.
After 15 minutes, the AL leader came out and told newspersons that two GDs were filed as the OC said a case was already put into action. The OC also said the GDs will be marched with the case, Mannan said.
Jalil and Saber Hossain Chowdhury, secretary of the opposition leader, separately filed the GDs.
In the GDs they said law enforcers remained inactive when criminals launched the grenade attack to assassinate Sheikh Hasina.
We ask authorities to take exemplary action against the criminals behind the attack through proper investigation, the diaries read.
Case for damaging vehicles
Police yesterday filed a separate case against 200 people, eight of them are picked up and named in the FIR, on charge of putting obstruction in government activity and vandalising public vehicles.
The FIR (first information report) filed by SI Sharif Faruq said some 150 to 200 unruly people obstructed government activity, damaged around 150 vehicles and set fire to 20 to 25 others following the blasts atAL rally Saturday.
Police have placed them before a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court seeking a five-day remand.