A case was filed against a Jubo League leader and 18 others in Ashulia early yesterday, for attacking party rebels over collecting jhut (scrap fabrics from garment factories) from an RMG factory in Narshinghopur area the night before.

Police said they arrested two persons over the incident.

Wife of Bazlur Rahman, a victim of the attack, filed the case against 13 named and at least 6 unnamed people with Ashulia Police Station. Jubo League leader Kabir Hossen Sarker was made the prime accused.

Bazlur, former relief and rehabilitation secretary ofAshulia unit of Jubo league, is being treated at Savar Enam Medical College Hospital. "We have been conducting business with a local factory for last couple of months. Kabir and his men were trying to take over the business," he alleged.

"On Tuesday night, a group led by one Sohel Mollah, an accomplice of Kabir, attacked us with rods when we were going to the factory to collect the scrap materials," he told The Daily Star at the hospital.

Doctors said both of his legs were fractured.

Contacted, Sohel Mollah said they had carried out the attack but did not disclose why.

Kabir on the other hand denied his involvement. "I was made an accused to tarnish my reputation,” claimed Kabir, convener of Yearpur union unit of Jubo League.

Rejaul Haque Dipu, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station, said the case was recorded on basis of primary investigation. "We are trying to arrest the rest."

Mentionable, Kabir was also made prime accused in a case filed with Kashimpur Police Station in Gazipur for beating two people over a business-related dispute on May 23.