Case filed against 5 Swechchhasebak Dal activists for extortion and beating in Gazipur

Staff Correspondent

A case has been filed against five leaders and activists of the Volunteer Party (Swetchashevak Dal) for an attack on a protester against extortion in the Baniarchala area of Sadar Upazila in Gazipur. The case was filed at Joydebpur Police Station by Josna Begum, the wife of Shahjahan Ali, a resident of the area.

After filing the case, it was alleged that the workers of the volunteer party leader were threatening them.

Joydebpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Touhid Ahmed said that five leaders and activists of the Volunteer Party have been named as accused in the case filed last Sunday night. The accused are Gazipur Sadar Upazila Volunteer Party member secretary Yunus Ali alias Nosh Mia, joint convener Jasim Uddin alias Jasim Taj, activists Rakib Sarkar, Delwar Hossain and Tariqul Islam Hridoy.

According to the case report, these leaders of the volunteer party had been collecting extortion from auto-rickshaw drivers on the Bagher Bazar Safari Park road for a long time. Josna Begum’s husband Shahjahan Ali and neighbor Miaar Uddin had been protesting against this. Due to this, the accused attacked them on the afternoon of July 11 on their way home and beat them severely. Shahjahan Ali, Miaar Uddin, Shahidul Islam and several others were injured in their attack.

Mia Uddin’s son Sumon was hit on the head with an iron rod and an attempt was made to strangle him. Locals rescued them and admitted them to the hospital. Their condition is still said to be critical.

In this regard, Swechchhasebak Dal member secretary Yunus Ali alias Nosh Mia claimed that a false and baseless case has been filed against us. In fact, no such incident has happened. The truth will come out only through investigation.

Joydebpur Police Station OC Touhid Ahmed said that the investigation into the incident is underway and the operation to arrest the accused is continuing.