OUR CORRESPONDENT, Faridpur

Around 4,000 unidentified people have been sued over the death of a man during a clash at the darbar sharif of Nurul Haque, locally known as “Nural Pagla”, in Rajbari’s Goaland upazila on September 5.

Victim Rasel Molla’s father Md Azad Molla lodged the case with Goalanda Ghat Police Station on Monday night, police said yesterday.

Md Sharif Al Rajeeb, additional superintendent of police in Rajbari, said the charges in the case include murder, arson, burning of a body, vandalism, theft, and assault.

He added that police have so far arrested two people -- Md Abdul Latif, 35, of Gior upazila in Manikganj, and Ovi Mandal, 29, of Goalanda upazila in Rajbari -- in connection with the case.

Earlier, Selim Molla, a sub-inspector of the Goalanda Ghat Police Station, filed another case accusing 3,000–3,500 unnamed people of attacking police, and vandalising vehicles. Police have so far arrested 16 people in that case, two of whom gave confessional statements under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a court.

Rasel, a follower of Nurul Haque, was killed during clashes on September 5, after hundreds of people attacked the darbar sharif, exhumed the body of Nurul Haque from his grave, and set it on fire.