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Various Charges of Violence

8,500 BNP, Jamaat men sued, 77 others held

Star Country Desk
At least 8,500 BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men have been sued and 77 others arrested in five districts on various charges.
In Rangpur, 8,500 leaders and activists of BNP, Jamaat and Shibir were sued on charges of attacking and setting fire to polling centres, snatching ballot papers and boxes and vandalising polling centres in Pirgachha upazila on January 5 election day and the day before, reports our correspondent.
According to Pirgachha police, 12 cases were lodged on Wednesday night and Tuesday on charges of the offences at 39 polling centres out of 90 in the upazila.
The presiding officers of 39 polling centres filed 12 separate cases, accusing 500 identified and 8,000 unnamed BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men.
Meanwhile, joint forces, comprising police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 22 Jamaat-Shibir activists from different areas in the district on Wednesday night and early yesterday.
Abdur Razzak, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Rangpur said all the arrestees are involved with Jamaat-Shibir politics.
He said law enforcers arrested them on charge of carrying out destructive activities in the district on the 10th national elections day and the day before.
Bogra police yesterday arrested 30 opposition men on various charges in 12 upazilas of the district, reports our correspondent.
Police said that the 18-party activists carried out sabotage, vandalism and torched vehicles and residences of the ruling party men, houses and government offices, Muktijoddha office and even police stations from March 03, 2013 to the day after the JS polls.
In Gaibandha, joint forces in separate drives arrested 12 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from four upazilas of the district on Tuesday midnight on charges of their involvement in violence and sabotage , reports UNB.
Superintendent of Police Sajid Hossain of the district said a team of the joint force raided places in Sundarganj, Palashbari, Saghata and Sadullahpur upazilas at midnight and arrested the 12 people.
Among the arrestees, six are from Sundarganj and two each from
Palashbari, Saghata and Sadullahpur upazilas.
Police in a drive in
Jhenidah arrested two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Karatipara village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
The arrestees were identified as Alam Hossain, a resident of the village, and his son Tarikul Islam.
Camp in-charge of Naldanga police camp Subinspector Jasim Uddin said the duo were accused in a case for subversive activities, including damaging Liberation War sculpture and felling roadside trees, remained absconding for long.
In Laxmipur, police on Wednesday night arrested a local Jubo Dal leader at Kalikapur village in Ramganj upazila.
The arrestee was identified as Faruq Hossain,30, son of late Nurunnabi Master of the village.
Police said, Nurunnabi was arrested from his house at about 10:30pm on Wednesday on charge of subversive activities during hartal and blockade programme of the opposition.
Meanwhile, police also arrested two people from Ramganj upazila, two from Raipur upazila, five from Kamalnagar upazila, and one from Sadar upazila in an overnight drive in the district on | the same charges.