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Delwar loyals sued for breaking EPR

4 ex-MPs among 14 named in FIR; many leaders go into hiding

Staff Correspondent
The police on Friday night filed a case against about 60 people including four ex-MPs of the proKhaleda faction of BNP for violating the state of emergency through staging demonstrations at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat gate on April 17.
Sub-inspector Dipak Kumar Pal of the Tejgaon Police Station filed the First Information Report (FIR) under the Emergency Powers Rules (EPR) mentioning names of 14 people. The others -- around 40 to 50 people - - were not named.
Several leaders of pro-Khaleda faction were learnt to have gone into hiding last night fearing possiblearrest.
The accused former lawmakers are — Bilkis Jahan Shinn. Rehana Akhter Ranu, Saimum Begum and Shirin Sultana, also the general secretary of Dhaka city unit of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal.
Rest of the FIR-named accused arc - Khaleda Zia's Assistant Press Secretary Mo hi uddin Khan Mohan, Jahvatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Assistant General Secretary Amiruzzaman Khan Shimul and Organising Secretary Abdul Quader. JCD Dhaka City (South) President Rafiqul .Alam Mojnu and General Secretary (GS) Yasin Ali. its Dhaka City unit Joint Secretary Robin. Dhaka University unit GS Saiful Islam Firoz. JCD leaders Nurul Islam Nayon and Habibur Rashid Habib and Swechchhasebak Dal leader Zakir Hossain Milon.
Investigation Officer of the case SI Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star yesterday evening that they are yet to arrest any of them.
In the FIR. the complainant said that on April 17, the accused gath-ered at the FC gate an hour after BNP reformist Hafiz Uddin supporters came there and held rally and stages! demonstrations. As a result, public order and security at that place had come under threat.
Besides, law and order was disrupted seriously as the accused made provocative speeches and chased their rivals violating the Emergency Powers Rules 2007, which ban all sons of procession, rally and demonstration, the complainant added.
He said the filing of the case was delaved as it took time to collect names and addresses of the accused.
Denouncing the case, BNP Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain yesterday said that the case was filed as part of a blueprint to destroy the nationalist lorces.
“Destruction of the nationalist forces won't be allowed.' he was 3noted as saying by BNP acting (Tice Secretary Rizvi Ahmed, in protest at the filing of the case against his party people.
Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda invited both BNP's reformist faction leader and acting secretary general Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin .Ahmed and BNP's Khaleda-nominated Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain to the EC Secretariat for talks.
Both the factions accepted the invitation and Hafiz Uddin-led delegation met with CEC Huda and other election commissioners first onApril 17.
As the Hafiz-led group was leaving (he secretariat through an alternative road, the pro-Khaleda faction supporters chanted slogans in front of the EC office.
A 15-member delegation of the Delwar faction, led by standing committee member Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, met with the EC later the same day. Delwar did not attend the meeting.
Soon after the BNP leaders came out after the meeting, the faction's supporters outside chanted slogans against the CEC.
Meanwhile, at least six key leaders of pro-Khaleda faction reportedly went into hiding last night to escape possible arrest in the case.
Party's standing committee member Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, BNP chairperson s adviser Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shah. Joint Secretary General Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, acting Office Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and former lawmaker Sohrab Uddin kept away from their homes since last evening, sources said.
Khaleda-appointed Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain could not be contacted over telephone last night.
Talking to The Daily Star, one of the leaders requesting anonymity said. "We are out of our homes to avoid possible harassment." He however declined to disclose where he was.
A number of the leaders' cellphones were turned off.
Sources said police late last night started the hunt down for the BNP leaders including the ones who allegedly violated the EPR. Several leaders who have been opposing talks between the Election Commission and the Saifur-led faction of BNP went into hiding fearing they would be arrested in the case.